Flynt v. . Bodenhamer’s Empirical Analysis
1879
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently April 1977
9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““But the opinion of a well instructed and experienced medical man upon a matter within the scope of his profession, and based on personal observation and knowledge, is and ought to be carefully considered and weighed by the jury in rendering their verdict; and this substantially is the comment of the court.” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The law likewise attaches peculiar importance to the opinion of medical men who have the opportunity of observation upon a question of mental capacity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Peterson“attended the deceased in his last illness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Peterson
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.