Madden v. Rhodes’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
91 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably 753 So. 2d 1057 - McNeil v. Hester (2000), 642 So. 2d 909 - Denson v. George (1994)
91 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Culbreath v. Johnson · Croft v. Alder · 515 So. 2d 1183 - Mullins v. Ratcliff · 435 So. 2d 683 - Cotton v. McConnell · Ham v. Ham
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whenever there is a relationship between two people in which one person is in a position to exercise dominant influence upon the other because of the latter's dependency upon the former, arising either from weakness of the mind or body, or through trust, the law does not hesitate to characterize such a relationship as fiduciary in character.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage“unless the chancellor abused his discretion, was manifestly wrong or clearly erroneous, or an erroneous legal standard was applied.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“The trial judge saw these witnesses testify. Not only did he have the benefit of their words, he alone among the judiciary observed their manner and demeanor. He was there on the scene. He smelled the smoke of battle. He sensed the interpersonal dynamics between the lawyers and the witnesses and himself. These are indispensable.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Houston v. State · McMj v. Cej
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.