Hood v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
November 1983
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nardis Sportswear v. Simmons · Bowles v. Bourdon · Wilson v. Scott · Schueler v. Strelinger · Karp v. Cooley
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[A] physician is not guilty of malpractice where the method of treatment used is supported by a respectable minority of physicians, as long as the physician has adhered to the acceptable procedures of administering the treatment as espoused by the minority.” 537 S.W.2d 291 at 294 . [Emphasis added.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hood v. Phillips
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.