Clark v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1971
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Black v. Elkhorn Mining Co. · Shepherd & Pierson Co. v. Baker · Mathews v. Marsden · Butte Hardware Co. v. Frank · Black v. Elkhorn Min. Co.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The terms ‘lands’ a.nd ‘real estate’, as used in the statutes of Montana, are synonymous. Black v. Elkhorn Mining Co., C.C., 49 F. 549 , affirmed 9 Cir., 52 F. 859 , affirmed, 1896, 163 U.S. 445 , 16 S.Ct. 1101 , 41 L.Ed. 221 . This usage of the terms ‘land’ or ‘lands’ is almost the universal rule. Griffin v. Clark, 55 Idaho 364 , 42 P.2d 297 ; Krouser v. County of San Bernardino, 29 Cal.2d 766 . 178 P.2d 441 .””
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.