Damon v. Hyde’s Empirical Analysis
1897
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 1964
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Green v. Blackwell
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.
““I direct that a majority of my said trustees may act in all cases, and may convey real estate, and perform all of the duties and powers hereby conferred; but three of them at least must join in all acts.” (Damon v. Hyde, 11 Haw. 153, 154 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Richards v. Midkiff
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.