Mitchell v. Hadl’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably 197 W. Va. 122 - Alkire v. First National Bank of Parsons (1996), James v. Wilson (2002)
3 federal appellate · 25 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 Deutsch v. Shein · Adams v. Ison · Blair v. Eblen · Holton v. Pfingst · Engle v. Clarke
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Ordinarily, this Court confines itself rather closely to deciding only those issues which the parties present. We take the view that counsel and the courts below have sufficiently identified the issues; that we need not redefine the question in the last stage of the litigation. However, we are constrained by no rule of court or constitutional provision to observe this procedure, and on rare occasions, the facts mandate a departure from the normal, practice. . When the facts reveal a. fundamental basis for decision not presented -by the parties, it is our duty to address the issue to avoid a misleading application of 'the law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In any negligence case, it is necessary to show that the defendant failed to discharge a legal duty or conform his conduct to the standard required. W. Prosser, Law of Torts § 30 (1971).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Seigle v. Jasper“fully disclose his findings on examination and the opinions he holds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.