Edwards v. Black’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
October 1995
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · Lund Ex Rel. Wilbur v. Pratt · E. N. Nason, Inc. v. Land-Ho Development Corp. · Sanford Teachers Ass'n v. Sanford School Committee
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The scope of the Unfair Trade Practices Act has yet to be clearly defined by this Court; its limits can best be drawn on a case-by-case basis in which the issues are sharply focused in light of specific fact situations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.