Hodges v. Brannon’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
July 2014
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Town of Charlotte v. Richmond · Donnelly v. Grey Goose Lines, Inc. · Montecalvo v. Mandarelli · Brodeur v. Desrosiers · Hueston v. Narragansett Tennis Club, Inc.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n erroneous charge warrants reversal only if it can be shown that the jury could have been misled to the resultant prejudice of the complaining party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mead v. Papa Razzi“in light of the meaning and interpretation that a jury composed of ordinary, intelligent lay persons would give them,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mead v. Papa Razzi
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.