876 So. 2d 975 - Eckman v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 444 So. 2d 358 - Brown v. Credit Center, Inc. · 558 So. 2d 869 - Tucker v. Hinds County · 568 So. 2d 1173 - Roundtree v. State · Mississippi City Lines, Inc. v. Bullock · 530 So. 2d 694 - Davis v. State
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he standard of review that appellate courts must apply to lawyer misconduct during opening statements or closing arguments is whether the natural and probable effect of the improper argument is to create unjust prejudice . . . so as to result in a decision influenced by the prejudice so created.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“`whether the natural and probable effect of the improper argument . . . create[s] an unjust prejudice against the [opposing party] result[ing] in a decision influenced by the prejudice so created.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Tentoni v. Slayden · Hood v. State“any alleged improper comment must be viewed in context, taking the circumstances of the case into consideration.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.