Culbreath v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
179 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 179 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably 451 So. 2d 743 - Neal v. State (1984), 481 So. 2d 203 - Fisher v. State (1985)
179 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McMahon v. McMahon · 244 So. 2d 3 - Blakeney v. Blakeney · Nichols v. Estate of Sauls · 191 So. 2d 123 - Clark v. Lansford
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 179 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial judge saw these witnesses testify. Not only did he have the benefit of their words, he alone among the judiciary observed their manner and demeanor. He was there on the scene. He smelled the smoke of battle. He sensed the interpersonal dynamics between the lawyers and the witnesses and himself. These are indispensable.”
21 later decisions quote this exact passage“that evidence which supports or reasonably tends to support the findings of fact made below, together with all reasonable inferences which may be drawn therefrom and which favor the lower court's findings of fact.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage“[H]olography is a recognized field of expertise, subject to mastery only by persons who have undergone extensive training and experience 1 . . . . Still, of course, it was appropriate for the chancellor to review the exhibits in question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. King v. King
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.