Baker v. Newcomb’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
November 1996
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Curtis v. Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co. · Charles F. Curry and Company v. Hedrick · Beetschen v. Shell Pipe Line Corporation · Smith v. Tracy · Handlan v. Handlan
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] party is liable in trespass even though acting under a mistaken belief of law or fact, however reasonable ____ A party may be liable in trespass if he intends to do the act which results in the damage, although in so doing he did not intend to commit an act of trespass; may not even know that his act will constitute a trespass, and may act in good faith and through honest mistake.”
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.