Simpson v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
July 1993
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Biggers v. Continental Bus System, Inc. · Sudduth v. Commonwealth County Mutual Insurance Co. · Peques v. Dilworth · Cooper v. Hall · Hensley v. Lubbock National Bank
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.
“Although appellees' testimony concerning their intent as to the terms of the option contract was somewhat confusing and inconsistent, this merely created a question of fact for the jury.”
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.