Hendricks v. Butcher’s Empirical Analysis
1910
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
February 1993
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Womach v. City of St. Joseph · Kelly v. Benas · Paddock v. Somes · Hubbard v. Slavens
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Hence, if defendant knew that he was afflicted with smallpox it then became and was his duty to keep away from other persons, or should other persons approach him to notify them of the fact so that they might protect themselves.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bn v. Kk
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.