Chism v. Steffens’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
May 2005
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Empire Gas Corp. v. Small's LP Gas Co. · Jarrell v. Fort Worth Steel & Manufacturing Co. · Halford v. Yandell · Wright v. Martin · Farmers and Merchants Ins. Co. v. Cologna
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The burden of evidence may shift to the defendant with respect to the defendant's claim of gift, but the burden of proof remains throughout the trial with the plaintiff.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bowman v. Blair
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.