Sandifer v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 1987
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shelton v. Bruner · Miller v. St. Louis Public Service Company · Kaelin v. Nuelle · Price v. Nicholson · Stegall v. Wilson
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is too generally and well known to require formal proof that present day automobiles respond quickly and accurately to the touch of the driver’s hand on the steering wheel. The necessary impulse may be applied in an instant.” Brown v. Callicotte, 73 S.W.2d 190 , 193 (Mo.1934).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Morgan v. Toomey
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.