Britton v. Wooten’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Lewis v. B & R CORPORATION (2001), Seaco Insurance v. Barbosa (2002)
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 26 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 Watson v. Ky. & Ind. Bridge & Ry Co. · Janet M. D'HeDouville v. Pioneer Hotel Company and Pioneer Hotel Properties, Monsanto Company, Janet M. D'HeDouville v. Pioneer Hotel Company and Pioneer Hotel Properties, Monsanto Company, Defendant-Cross-Appellant. Janet M. D'HeDouville v. Pioneer Hotel Company and Pioneer Hotel Properties, Monsanto Company, Janet M. D'HeDouville v. Pioneer Hotel Company and Pioneer Hotel Properties, Monsanto Company · House v. Kellerman · 177 So. 2d 880 - Mozer v. Semenza · Rietze v. Williams Ex Rel. Williams
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An act or an omission may be negligent if the actor realizes or should realize that it involves an unreasonable risk of harm to another through the conduct of the other or a third person which is intended to cause harm, even though such conduct is criminal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Howard v. Spradlin“... unless the actor [the defendant] at the time of his negligent conduct realized or should have realized the likelihood that such a situation might be created, and that a third person might avail himself of the opportunity to commit such a tort or crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Howard v. Spradlin“caused or permitted trash to accumulate next to its building in a negligent manner which caused or contributed to the spread of the fire and the destruction of the lessor's building.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Howard v. Spradlin
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.