McCormick v. Ornstein’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
7
states following
February 1989
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 151 W. Va. 818 - Sylvia Coal Co. v. Mercury Coal & Coke 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“before any substantial change in condition of the goods which is not caused by their own defects.”
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.