Benson v. Benson’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1980
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Krauthoff v. Krauthoff · In re Morgan · In Re Thompson · State ex rel. Nipp v. District Court · Boles v. Boles
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.
“it is binding not only upon the parties to the action but upon the courts as well.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.