Nesmith v. Texaco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1961 · 43 U.S.C. § 1333 · 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Liepelt · Johnson v. Penrod Drilling Co. · West v. Harris
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mindful of the fact that this interpretation of Liepelt may be erroneous, and (Penrod ) may still bar the door to speculative damages as to factors other than income taxes in a case of future loss from personal injuries,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in arriving at an award for future loss of earnings the very factors disapproved in (Penrod ) should now be considered.”
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.