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← 91 SO2D 83 - Williams v. White

Williams v. White’s Empirical Analysis

1956

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1961
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Hebert v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · Skyles v. United Investment Corp.

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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “"But the trial court's factual determinations are not to be disregarded on appellate review unless manifestly erroneous; especially when as here based upon the credibility of witnesses, since the District Court saw and heard the witnesses and is in a better position than an appellate court to decide whether a version of an accident or a disability is nevertheless truthful despite contradictory testimony or contradictory circumstances." (Emphasis ours.)”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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