Hamilton v. Bradford’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson · Progressive Casualty Insurance Company v. Keys · Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Steele · Crowe v. Fotiades · Cooper v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In Mississippi, agency and the scope thereof may be proved through the testimony of the agent alone.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Eaton v. Porter
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.