Heldt v. Heldt’s Empirical Analysis
1926
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 1952
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Penny v. Vose · Strack v. Roetzel · Fulkerson v. Mara · Fulp v. Sill Mfg. 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In an equity case where the defendant has demurred to the testimony of the plaintiff and the court has rendered judgment for the defendant after weighing the evidence, the judgment of the trial court will not be reversed unless against the clear weight of the evidence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jones v. Tautfest
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.