Jennings v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably Breck v. Ulmer (1987), Sterling v. Bloom (1986)
67 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 Freeman v. Continental Gin Co. · Adams v. State · State v. Abbott · Ransom v. Haner · Braund, Inc. v. White
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“duty to go 'outside the pleadings to consider the entire setting of the case to the extent that the material was brought to the court's attention by the parties on the motion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““A person or corporation having a . . . tort claim against the state may bring an action against the state in superior court. .. . However, no action may be brought under this section if the claim (1) is an action for tort, and based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a state agency or an employee of the state, whether or not the discretion involved is abused . ...””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[the parties need not formally offer their outside matter as evidence or have it marked as an exhibit at the hearing on the motion.”
3 later decisions 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.