474 So. 2d 1148 - Sexton v. Pendley’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently February 2015
4 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 Riley v. Perkins · 342 So. 2d 918 - Young v. City of Huntsville · Newman Bros., Inc. v. McDowell · Nelson v. Nelson · Ex Parte Young.
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.
“"We find that although there was evidence supporting Sexton's contention that his present back pain was caused by the collision, the evidence we have cited tends to conflict with his contention and supports the conclusion that his problems are caused by his excess weight. The trial judge had the benefit of observing the claimant and hearing his testimony. That judge had the sole responsibility of weighing the evidence and making a finding of fact. With support in the evidence for his finding, this court must affirm. Ex parte Neal , 423 So.2d 850 (Ala. 1982); Newman Brothers, Inc. v. McDowell , 354 So.2d 1138 (Ala.Civ.App. 1977), cert. denied , 354 So.2d 1142 (Ala. 1978)."”
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.