Bedell v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1899
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 1918
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wightman v. Karsner · Peck v. Peck · Rosenthal v. Madison & Indianapolis Plankroad Co. · Bishop v. Stewart
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whenever in their judgment the expense necessary to operate or maintain such public road or highway as a free public highway is too great to justify the county in so operating or maintaining”
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.