Shepard v. Bradford’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Relies on 550 So. 2d 577 - Penalber v. Blount · 685 So. 2d 691 - Hayes v. Autin · Hayes v. Autin · Townley v. City of Iowa · 386 So. 2d 1351 - Stewart v. Schmieder
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n the maintenance and operation of its public parks, playgrounds and recreational areas, a city-parish owes a duty commensurate with ordinary and reasonable care under the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Colson v. Johnson
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.