Harnish v. Barzen’s Empirical Analysis
1918
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
October 2008
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Western Grocer Co. v. Alleman · C. M. Henderson & Co. v. Gibbs & Allen
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the plaintiff was not a party to the suit, and that because he was not a party his rights were not affected, and he was in no manner barred, denied, or estopped from pursuing any legal right or remedy he might claim in an independent suit against the defendant concerning the property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“from obtaining an adjudication of his motion on the very ground that the decree did not adjudicate anything against the plaintiff”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.