Parlin v. Mills’s Empirical Analysis
1882
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stetson v. Chicago & Evanston Railroad · Peoria & Rock Island Railway Co. v. Schertz · Patterson v. Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad · Truesdale v. Peoria Grape Sugar Co. · Cairo & Vincennes Railroad v. People
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.
““We are of tbe opinion that this point is not well taken. The suit is merely to enjoin the unauthorized use of the street, and not the determination of any question of title to or right of property in a franchise.” Page 402.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.