Erwin v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
1927
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Muncie & Portland Traction Co. · Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Mitchell · Hoover v. State Ex Rel. Selby · Tomlinson v. Territory of New Mexico · Long-Bell Lumber Co. v. Newell
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.
“We refrain from copying the language used by plaintiff in error in the brief, for the very reason ... that it is our duty to protect the files of this court from becoming the permanent receptacle of such a document”
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.