Neff v. Harmon’s Empirical Analysis
1930
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People of the State of New York Simon Lieberman v. John E Van De Carr · Hellebush v. Blake · Albritton v. Lott-Blackshear Commission Co. · New Amsterdam Casualty Co v. Clark's Estate
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights; but when a determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must order them to be brought in.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. Dreibelbis
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.