Mullins v. Melerine’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 373 So. 2d 498 - Reck v. Stevens · Watson v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Ins. Co. · Dixon v. Mid-South Rail Corp. · 593 So. 2d 695 - Wilson v. US Fire and Cas. Co. · Guillotte v. Dept. of Transp. & Development
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.
“(1) whether the conduct resulted from inadvertence or involved an awareness of the danger; (2) how great a risk was created by the conduct; (3) the significance of what was sought by the conduct; (4) the capacities of the actor, whether superior or inferior; and (5) any extenuating circumstances which might require the actor to proceed in haste without proper thought.”
2 later decisions 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.