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Vildibill v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

766 F.2d 463 · 1985

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 1986
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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.

  1. “Whether an adult decedent's estate may recover loss of net accumulations where the decedent is survived only by parents who were not dependent upon him for support or services, and who are not otherwise entitled to recover damages for his death in their own right.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “if the decedent is not a minor child as defined in s. 768.18(2) and does not have survivors as defined in s. 768.18(1).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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