Benoit v. Grey Wolf Drilling, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
February 2001
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on National Safe Corp. v. Benedict & Myrick, Inc. · Golden Lane Marine, Inc. v. Bobben Fabricators, Inc.
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the plaintiff is to preserve his right to appeal, he must do [so] himself and not rely on another party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Snearl v. Mercer
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.