Braylock v. Jesson’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Addington v. Texas · Castaneda v. Partida · 25 Cal. 4th 826 - Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich Collieries · Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance v. Fritz Companies, Inc.
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“acknowledge^] that the term “prima fa-cie case” is a legal term of art that does not always carry the same meaning in every context. Rather, the specific quantum and quality of evidence that is necessary to establish a prima facie case may vary depending on the nature of the proceedings, the type of action involved, and the stage of the litigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[t]he Legislature's amendment of a statute creates a presumption that the Legislature intended to change the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Lopez“compare the language of the pre-amendment and post-amendment versions of [the] statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Lopez
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.