Gonzales v. Bates Lumber Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
November 1989
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Watts v. Indiana · Fryar v. Johnsen · Adams v. Loffland Brothers Drilling Company · Hales v. Van Cleave · Boone v. Boone
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.
““ ‘[T]here comes a point where this Court should not be ignorant as judges of what we know as men.’ Watts v. Indiana, 338 U.S. 49, 52 , 69 S.Ct. 1347, 1348 , 93 L.Ed. 1801 (1949). We know that the distances many injured workmen have to travel for medical treatment are considerable. This is so because of the size of this state and because certain necessary medical treatment is available at only a few places in the state. We also know that the cost of travel is not inconsequential and is rising yearly. We conclude that reasonable travel expenses necessarily incurred in receiving medical treatment do come within the language of § 52-l-49(A), supra.””
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.