Henley v. Cobb’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
March 2017
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gaines v. . City of New York · Smith v. McNeal · Stanley Manly Boys Clothes, Inc. v. Hickey · 8 Smith & H. 382 - Burns v. Peoples Telephone & Telegraph Co. · Balsinger v. Gass
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the action is commenced within the time limited by a rule or statute of limitation, but the judgment or decree is rendered against the plaintiff upon any ground not concluding the plaintiffs right of action ... the plaintiff, or the plaintiffs representatives and privies, as the case may be, may, from time to time, commence a new action within one (1) year after the reversal or arrest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is well settled that Tennessee law strongly favors the resolution of all disputes on their merits ... .”
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.