Christy v. Pember’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1948
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Soden · Reed-Smith v. Lockridge · Galamba v. Steinberger
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The defendant may set forth in his answer as many grounds of defense, counterclaims setoff and for relief as he may have, whether they be such as have been heretofore denominated legal or equitable, or both.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kennedy v. Monroe
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.