Fitzpatrick v. Natter’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Bell Telephone Co. · Kuisis v. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp. · Gilbert v. Korvette's Inc. · Moure v. Raeuchle · Commonwealth v. Craver
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The jury may not be permitted to reach its verdict on the basis of speculation or conjecture; there must be evidence upon which its conclusion may be logically based.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.