Lyman v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 1942
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Messer v. Lang Messer v. Lee · Stovall v. Stokes · Henderson v. Leatherman · Washbish, Et Vir. v. Elvins, Et Vir.
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.
“after being dissolved, shall have no corporate rights, or be authorized to transact any business as a corporation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Perry v. Shaw
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.