Brooks v. Rios’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 359 So. 2d 430 - Wackenhut Corp. v. Canty · Stringfellow v. Stringfellow · 349 So. 2d 1181 - Bould v. Touchette · 409 So. 2d 1039 - Florida Bar v. Hollingsworth · 314 So. 2d 762 - Rinaldi v. Aaron
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.
“[w]here a punitive damage award bears no relation to the defendant's ability to pay the same and results in economic castigation, it is certainly true that the courts may deem such an award to be excessive.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lipsig v. Ramlawi
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.