McClellan v. Poole’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
Relationships
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Klaas v. Continental Southern Lines, Inc. · St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. United States · 230 So. 2d 549 - Home Insurance Co. of NY v. Atlas Tank Mfg. Co. · Campbell v. Schmidt
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In Mississippi, there must be a qualitative distinction between the negligence of two tortfeasors, i.e., passive as opposed to active or negative as opposed to positive, in order to support an action for indemnity. So, indemnity will not lie where the defendant/third-party claimant’s liability, if any, would be the result of active wrong on its part.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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