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← 587 SO2D 570 - Jones v. Cook

Jones v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

1991

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
January 2003
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 389 So. 2d 999 - Bishop v. Florida Specialty Paint Co. · 530 So. 2d 293 - Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. v. August · Colhoun v. Greyhound Lines, Inc. · 509 So. 2d 1112 - Bates v. Cook, Inc. · 523 So. 2d 141 - Celotex Corp. v. Meehan

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

  1. “(1) The rights and liabilities of the parties with respect to an issue in tort are determined by the local law of the state which, with respect to that issue, has the most significant relationship to the occurrence and the parties under the principles stated in § 6. (2) Contacts to be taken into account n applying the principles of § 6 to determine the law applicable to an issue include: (a) the place where the injury occurred, (b) the place where the conduct causing the injury occurred, (c) the . domicile, residence, nationality, place of incorporation and place of business of the parties, and (d) the place where the relationship, if any, between the parties is centered. These contacts are to be evaluated according to their relative importance with respect to the particular issue.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “that the local law of the state where the injury occurred determines the rights and liabilities of the parties unless with respect to the particular issue, some other state has a more significant relationship to the parties and the occurrence.”
    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.