Colby v. Equitable Trust Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1908
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. . O'Brien · Gamble v. Queens County Water Co. · Continental Ins. Co. v. . N.Y. H.R.R. Co. · People Ex Rel. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art v. Gass · Farquhar Company, Limited v. . Truesdell
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.
“when the condition and earning capacity of the two companies are critically examined.”
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.