Brown v. Avery’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently October 2022 · most notably Downen v. Sinclair Oil Corp. (1994), Basolo v. Basolo (1995)
29 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 Scheuer v. Rhodes · Florida v. Royer · Brooklier v. United States · Shore v. Town of Stonington · 468 So. 2d 936 - Everton v. Willard
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[blias is a leaning of the mind or an inclination toward one person over another. The bias which is a ground for disqualification of a judge must be personal, and it must be such a condition of the mind which sways judgment and renders the judge unable to exercise his functions impartially in a given case or which is inconsistent with a state of mind fully open to the conviction which evidence might produce.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]e examine the facts in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion. * * * Even in cases arising out of alleged negligent conduct, a summary judgment is appropriate when no issue of material fact exists, an,d the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. * * * An issue of material fact exists when a disputed fact, if proven, would establish or refute an essential element of the cause of action or defense asserted by the parties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Prejudice involves a prejudgment or forming of an opinion without sufficient knowledge or examination. Bias is a leaning of the mind or an inclination toward one person over another.... The court has also said: Such conditions must exist which reflect prejudgment of the case by the judge or a leaning of his mind in favor of one party to the extent that his decision in the matter is based on grounds other than the evidence placed before him.”
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.