Waters v. Blocksom’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently November 2004 · most notably Frederick v. Younger Van Lines (1964), Den-Gar Enterprises v. Romero (1980)
2 federal appellate · 48 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 Lohman v. Lohman · Berg v. Journeymen's Plumbers & Gas Fitters Union · Roberts v. Roberts · Weeks v. Bailey · 107 Cal. App. 741 - Hufstetler v. Department of Industrial Relations
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... But the trial court was not required to accept as true the sworn testimony of the witness. [Citations omitted.] The general rule that uncontradicted testimony cannot be disregarded by the court, is subject to many qualifications and exceptions. As it is the duty of the trial court to determine what credit and weight shall be given to the testimony, an appellate court will not disturb a finding or conclusion denying credence, unless it appears that there are no facts or circumstances which at all impair the accuracy of the testimony. [Citations omitted.]... .”
2 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.