Priest v. James’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 1950
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Taylor v. City of Fort Wayne · State v. Port of Astoria · Marsden v. Harlocker · Hamilton v. Rudeen · McKinney v. Watson
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The cause is here. It presents an important public question, and should be determined upon the merits rather than sent back upon some finely drawn technical distinction. Besides, it appears to the writer to be for the mutual welfare of all the interested parties to have the matter determined now. ’ ’”
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.