936 So. 2d 915 - Gartrell v. Gartrell’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 641 So. 2d 1218 - Allred v. Webb · Mississippi High School Activities Ass'n v. Coleman ex rel. Laymon · McDaniel v. Hurt · 526 So. 2d 526 - C & D INV. CO. v. Gulf Transport 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A case is moot if 'a judgment on the merits ... would be of no practical benefit to the plaintiff or detriment to the defendant.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'We have held that the review procedure should not be allowed for the purpose of settling abstract or academic questions, and that we have no power to issue advisory opinions.'”
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.