Van Stone v. Stillwell Bierce Manuf'G Co’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2017 · most notably Margaret Williamson v. Katherine Osenton (1914), United States v. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. (1910)
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 29 state decisions — followed in 14 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 Bond v. Dustin · Suydam v. Williamson · Lucas v. Brooks · Pomeroy's Lessee v. State Bank of Indiana · Burton v. West Jersey Ferry Co.
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Now, it is not the contract for erecting or repairing the building which creates the lien, but it is the use of the materials furnished * * * that gives the material-man * * * his lien * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jackson v. Flohr
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.