Coffin v. Blackwell’s Empirical Analysis
1921
Citation profile
6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently July 1970
6 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on City of Seattle v. Hinckley
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Buildings in such condition [not imminently hazardous] are to be regarded as protected from mere executive interference by the building code, under § 103, and § 103 as amended, and § 9 of the fire hazard ordinance, ‘unless [as provided in those sections] such alterations or installation are manifestly necessary for the safeguarding of life and' property, or are specifically required by ordinance subsequently passed by the city council.’ As heretofore remarked, ‘manifestly necessary’ means an immediate and unmistakable necessity.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘Nothing in the building code shall be construed as requiring that buildings heretofore constructed .and equipped must be reconstructed, rearranged, altered or otherwise equipped unless it be by ordinance specifically so provided.’ ””
2 later decisions 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.