Whittington v. Whittington’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently August 2016
1 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw · Fowler Butane Gas Co. v. Varner · Standard Life Ins. Co. of Indiana v. Veal · 483 So. 2d 254 - Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. Crenshaw · 431 So. 2d 454 - Tideway Oil Programs, Inc. v. Serio
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a representation; (2) its falsity; (3) its materiality; (4) the speaker’s knowledge of its falsity or ignorance of its truth; (5) his intent that it should be acted upon by the person and in the manner reasonably contemplated; (6) the hearer’s ignorance of its falsity; (7) his reliance on the truth; (8) his right to rely thereon; (9) his consequent and proximate injury.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Showing assets is only a part of the equation in arriving at "net worth" or "financial worth" of an individual or legal entity. The defendant's proof failed to adequately establish her net worth assets minus liabilities so as to serve as a measure for the Court to consider in arriving at a sum to award as punishment in this case... . Therefore, we reverse and render on this point.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) Such an amount as is necessary for the punishment of the wrongdoing of the defendant and deterring the defendant from similar conduct in the future, Standard Life Ins. Co. of Indiana v. Veal, 354 So.2d 239, 249 (Miss. 1977); (2) Such amount as is reasonably necessary to make an example of the defendant so that others may be deterred from the commission of similar offenses. Reserve Life Insurance Co. v. McGee, 444 So.2d 803, 808 (Miss. 1983); T.C.L., Inc. v. Lacoste, 431 So.2d 918, 923 (Miss. 1983); Tideway Oil Programs, Inc. v. Serio, 431 So.2d 454, 460 (Miss. 1983); Snowden v. Osborne, 269 So.2d 858, 860 (Miss. 1972); and (3) The pecuniary ability or the financial worth of the defendant. Collins v. Black, 380 So.2d 241, 244 (Miss. 1980); Allen v. Ritter, 235 So.2d 253, 256 (Miss. 1970); Standard Life Insurance Co. of Indiana v. Veal, 354 So.2d 239, 249 (Miss. 1978); Jones v. Carter, 192 Miss. 603, 610 , 7 So.2d 519 (1942).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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