Hooper v. Levin’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hunter v. First National Bank · Manley Brothers Co., Inc. v. Somers · West Rutland Trust Co. v. Houston · Ellis J. Gomez & Co. v. Hartwell · Economy Fuse & Manufacturing Co. v. Standard Electric Manufacturing Co.
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 defendant has failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the instruments in suit, although purporting to be checks and negotiable as such, were in reality only memoranda of indebtedness.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Neverett v. Towne
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.