Fought v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 1987
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Loyd v. State · Kelsie v. State · Ray v. State · Kimmel v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“From the facts we have recited, which are undisputed, we think the jury could logically infer that the unlawful conduct of the appellant was the proximate cause of [the victim's] death. Indeed it would seem difficult, if not impossible, to reach any other conclusion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Keel
How this case has been treated — in progress
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