Bennett v. Dickinson’s Empirical Analysis
1920
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 1922
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dows v. National Exchange Bank
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Rule’s intention is plainly evidenced by his actions. He consigned the car to himself under circumstances which made it impossible for Bennett to get the car until he paid the draft.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bennett v. Dickinson
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.