Yankey v. McHatton’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1974
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lyon v. Prater · Townsend v. Stamper · McBride v. Moss · Hazelwood v. Hodge · Gill v. Cook
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““No measuring cup has been devised by man or the courts to measure accurately pain and suffering. The courts are, in the day of the inflationary dollar, reluctant to substitute their opinion for that of the jury. Unless the award is so great as to strike the mind at first blush as being the result of passion and prejudice, it should not be disturbed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McDonald v. McGinnis
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.