Riddle v. Whitehill’s Empirical Analysis
135 U.S. 621 · 1890
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 4 district · 79 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2013 · most notably Patterson v. Hewitt (1904), Alsop v. Riker (1894)
18 federal appellate · 4 district · 79 state decisions — followed in 26 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Speidel v. Henrici · Godden v. Kimmell · Lansdale v. Smith · Case v. Beauregard · Dillon v. Barnard
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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘ ‘ Tbe death of a partner invests tbe surviving partners with tbe exclusive right of possession and management of the whole partnership property and business; but only for the purpose of selling and closing the same. * * * The survivors have possession, and keep possession of every thing. Until a settlement, the representatives of the deceased can not claim or take any one chattel, or any portion of the merchandise. The survivors are, from the death, trustees for all concerned in the partnership; for the representatives of the deceased, for the creditors of the firm, and for themselves. Their trust is to wind up the concern in the best manner for all interested, and, therefore, without unnecessary delay; and their powers are such as enable them most effectually to execute that trust.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . Where, however, partnership affairs are being wound up in due course, without antagonism between the parties, or cause for judicial interference, where assets are being realized upon and liabilities extingushed, and no settlement has been made, the cause of action has not accrued, and the statute has not begun to run. ...” ( 135 U. S. at 637 , 10 S.Ct. at 929 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Waters v. Cochran“wind up their affairs and sell the stock to the best advantage for all parties concerned.”
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.