Vaughn v. Vaughn’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
May 2015
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harper v. Harper · Dougherty v. Dougherty · Allied Investment Corp. v. Jasen · Maus v. State · Boblitz v. Boblitz
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Conversion is an intentional tort, consisting of two elements, a physical act combined with a certain state of mind. It is ... any distinct act of ownership or dominion exerted by one person [ie. the defendant] over the personal property of another [ie. the plaintiff] in denial of his [or her] right or inconsistent with it. The act of ownership for conversion can occur either by initially acquiring the property or by retaining it longer than the rightful possessor [ie. the plaintiff] permits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.