Ratliff v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
February 1994
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mulock v. Wilson · Gregory v. Filbeck · George Kraft Co. v. Heller · Wright v. Haley, Sr. · House v. Johnson
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.
“[t]he lessee's obligation to pay the installments for the full term is no different than the obligation to pay partial payments for merchandise delivered, and accepted, and in possession. It is no different than the obligation to pay for merchandise sold, to be paid for at a future date, which has not arrived, or to pay a promissory note given for merchandise, or for money, which has not matured.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“something more than that of landlord tenant[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.