Huntsman v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 1985
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hogsett v. Hanna · Flippo v. Martin · Trigg v. Trigg · Shephard v. Graham Bell Aviation Service, Inc. · Conhocton Stone R. v. . B., N.Y. E.R.R. Co.
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.
““Negligence has been said to be a violation of a relative duty, nuisance of an absolute duty; that is, the creation or maintenance of a nuisance is the violation of an absolute duty, the doing of an act which is wrongful in itself, whereas negligence is the violation of a relative duty, the failure to use the degree of care required under the particular circumstances in connection with an act or omission which is not of itself wrongful....””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Moreno v. Marrs
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.