Irwin v. Jenkins’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1971
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Bowling Green v. Kirby · Coffin v. Brown · City of Prestonsburg v. Mellon · Searcy v. Commonwealth · Chism v. Lampach
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * This court has always viewed with considerable caution statements made by the trial judge because of the respect and esteem with which he is held by the jury and the substantial bearing his remarks have on the jury’s opinion. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rice v. Rizk
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.