Fischer v. Sklenar’s Empirical Analysis
1917
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently January 1985 · most notably Techt v. . Hughes (1920), Dunham v. Stitzberg (1948)
4 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Field v. Clark · Case of Broderick's Will · Geofroy v. Riggs · Thomas Christianson v. County of King · Woodruff v. Taylor
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In order to relieve the personal representative of liability for rent and profits, the real estate must be delivered by him to the parties entitled thereto, and the ascertainment of the proper persons is strictly within the jurisdiction of the county court.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dunham v. Stitzberg““We conclude that the decree of the county court finding that Mrs. Hamernik is the sole heir of Augustine Sklenar, deceased, is a valid and binding adjudication of that fact and cannot be assailed in this proceeding.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dunham v. Stitzberg““Under the statute, on the death of an owner of land, the same descends eo instant! to his heirs, whomsoever they may be, unless, however, he has disposed of the same by will.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Miller v. Clausen
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.