Smith v. Barnes’s Empirical Analysis
1929
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
May 1949
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McMullen v. Hoffman · Planters' Bank v. Union Bank · Leonard v. . Poole · Pollock v. Pollock · Todd v. . Nelson
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.
““We assume that it is unnecessary to cite authority that we were justified in investigating the charges of illegality even though the pleadings were silent upon that subject; this proof was received without objection. ’ ’”
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.