430 So. 2d 51 - Lamb v. Lamb’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
83 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably 666 So. 2d 641 - Bannister v. Dept. of Streets (1996), 774 So. 2d 84 - Davis v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (2000)
83 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 Succession of Robinson · De Frances v. Gauthier · 292 So. 2d 575 - Hardy v. Kidder · 400 So. 2d 1096 - Deliberto v. Deliberto · Raphiel v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co.
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A proper application of this article necessitates an examination of the facts and circumstances of the individual case. When the trial judge is convinced by his examination of the facts that the judgment would result in a miscarriage of justice, a new trial should be ordered. We have recognized that the court has much discretion regarding this determination. However, this court will not hesitate to set aside the ruling of the trial judge in a case of manifest abuse.”
26 later decisions quote this exact passage“permit technical pleading rules to triumph over actual justice.”
3 later decisions 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.