State v. Delgado’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
2
states following
May 2008
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Golding · DiCarlantonio v. United States · Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. LTV Corp. · State v. Spigarolo · In re Adam R.
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when it substantially and materially contributes, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by an intervening cause to the resulting death. It is [a] cause without which the [death] in this case, would not have occurred and [a] predominating cause, [a] substantial factor, from which [the] death follows as a natural, direct and immediate consequence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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