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← 557 SO2D 1231 - Executive Development, Inc. v. Smith

Executive Development, Inc. v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

1990

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 2000
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 495 So. 2d 1381 - Harrell v. Reynolds Metals Co. · Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. J. D. Pittman Tractor Co. · 482 So. 2d 274 - Bank of Red Bay v. King · 438 So. 2d 1375 - O'Leary v. State · Harrell v. Dodson

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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Whether a given representation is an expression of opinion or a statement of fact depends upon all the circumstances of the particular case, such as the form and subject matter of the representation and the knowledge, intelligence and relation of the respective parties.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “a 'material fact' is a fact of such a nature as to induce action on the part of the complaining party,”
    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.