Blocker v. Dearborn’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Graves v. Anchor Wire Corp. of Tennessee · Merriman v. Smith · Bennett v. Mid-South Terminals Corp. · Cleckner v. Dale · Adams v. Carter County Memorial Hospital
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the plaintiff must establish the employment of the attorney, negligent breach of duty by the attorney, and damages resulting from such neglect.”
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.