Kerr v. Rupp’s Empirical Analysis
1906
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 1917
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bennett v. Nichols · Kirchner v. Wood · Hunton v. Platt · Douglass v. Boardman · Ideal Clothing Co. v. Hazle
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The power to dismiss bills for multifariousness has always been sparingly exercised. It is proper practice to raise the objection, in the court of original jurisdiction, by demurrer. The matter of proper relief is so completely within the control of the court on final hearing that no hardship is likely to arise from answering over and proceeding to the merits of the controversy, or in standing upon the demurrer and appealing from the final decree.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Case v. Longyear
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.