Mountain Cement Co. v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
June 2009
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rouse v. Munroe · Four Nines Gold, Inc. v. 71 Const., Inc. · Tibbets v. P & M PETROLEUM CO.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We examine the record from the vantage point most favorable to the party opposing the motion, and we give that party the benefit of all favorable inferences which may fairly be drawn from the record.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“must derive the meaning of the instrument from its language if the terms are clear and unambiguous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McGuire v. Lowery
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.