Overbury v. Platten’s Empirical Analysis
108 F.2d 155 · 1939
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
January 1969
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Titus v. Wallick · Sheridan v. Mayor of New York · Spencer v. Standard Chemicals & Metals Corp. · Day v. . Bach · Kerr v. . Mount
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * It is settled beyond cavil in New York that an assignee of the ‘title’ to a chose in action may sue in his own name, though he have no beneficial interest in it.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Compton v. Atwell
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.