Smith v. Canevary’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
4
states following
January 2009
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gernat v. Gernat · 49 Cal. 2d 652 - Butigan v. Yellow Cab Co. · 408 So. 2d 1091 - Leonard v. Leonard · Graham v. Rolandson · Miller v. Alvey
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Unavoidable accident. The committee recommends that no charge be given on the subject of ‘unavoidable accident,’ this being a more appropriate subject for argument of counsel.””
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.