Sowers v. Wells’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 1960
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gas Service Co. v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp. · Miller v. Sunflower Recreation Society · Sowers v. Wells
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.
““Appeal may not be taken from an order overruling a motion for judgment on the pleadings where a demurrer which raised the same question of law had previously been overruled and no appeal therefrom had been perfected in time.” (Syl. Tf 2.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.