Samora v. Bradford’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
69 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently September 2016 · most notably State v. Laracuente (1987), Hernandez v. Mead Foods, Inc. (1986)
69 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.
Relationships
Relies on McCauley v. Ray · Medler v. Henry · Galvan v. Miller · Frederick v. Younger Van Lines · Fox v. Doak
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A reasonable inference is a conclusion arrived at by a process of reasoning. This conclusion must be a rational and logical deduction from facts admitted or established by the evidence, when such facts are viewed in the light of common knowledge or common experience. (Citation omitted.)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Huey v. Lente · Corley v. Corley““On appeal, the evidence must be viewed in its most favorable light in support of the trial court’s findings. If the evidence, including the reasonable inferences deducible therefrom, when so viewed, supports the trial court’s findings, all contrary evidence and inferences must be disregarded.” (Citations Omitted). “An appellate court does not pass upon the weight of the evidence or the credibility of the witnesses.” (Citations Omitted). “Substantial evidence is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate support for a conclusion.” (Citations Omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.