Cotton v. McClendon’s Empirical Analysis
1927
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 1936
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jefferson v. Winkler · Tidal Oil Company v. Flanagan · Bell v. Fitzpatrick · Barnard v. Bilby · United States v. Ferguson
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.
““That said action was not brought upon a bona fide issue, but was brought for the purpose of endeavoring to convey title by judgment of said court while the said Frank Harris was under 21 years of age.””
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.