Lett v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Arkansas Public Service Commission v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. · City of Fort Wayne v. Cameron · Coghill v. Badger · Litzelswope v. Mitchell · Indiana Department of Public Welfare v. Clark
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.
“"[A] person is not incompetent under the ITCA merely because that person is depressed or injured and unable to perform all acts regarding his care and property independently and without help from others. Rather, incompetency under the TTCA refers to an incapacity that makes it unreasonable to subject the person to the duty to file a notice of claim." [Citation omitted.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“who is under the age of eighteen [18] years or is incapable by reason of insanity, mental illness, or other incapacity of either managing his property or caring for himself or both.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“not incapable of managing his business affairs, or of taking care of himself.”
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.