Gregory v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
1929
Citation profile
53 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently December 1994 · most notably Curtis v. Speck (1939), Anderson, Adm'x. Et Vir v. Armstrong (1938)
53 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.
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““However, we think the judgment of the district court should be performed through the probate court, and, if a sale of the property is necessary, it must be made through that court. (Citing numerous authorities.) The authorities appear to be so plain that we deem any discussion unnecessary.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barfield v. Miller““The judgment of the district court, as here reformed, should be certified to the probate court for observance and execution in accordance with law.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barfield v. Miller
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.