56 Wash. 2d 826 - Brannon v. Harmon’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently August 1991
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.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The test to be applied in ruling on a motion for summary judgment is concisely stated in [CR 56(c)] as follows: “(c) . . . The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. ...””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““It is undisputed that the condition in question was a fire. The inherent danger of fire cannot be doubted.” (Our emphasis)”
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.