Isaacs v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Steelvest, Inc. v. Scansteel Service Center, Inc. · Grayson Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie No. 3738, Inc. v. Claywell · Morton's Adm'r v. Kentucky-Tennessee Light & Power Co. · Britton v. Wooten · Dixon v. Kentucky Utilities Co.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he mere violation of a statute does not necessarily create liability unless the statute was specifically intended to prevent the type of occurrence which has taken place. Not all statutory violations result in liability for that violation. The violation must be a substantial factor in causing the injury and the violation must be one intended to prevent the specific type of occurrence before liability can attach. 21”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[S]uch a duty applies only if the injury is foreseeable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.