Cole v. Thacker’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
2 district · 36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently May 1999 · most notably Bollinger v. Nuss (1969), Grant v. Reed (1947)
2 district · 36 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Erwin v. Erwin · Federal Savings & Loan Insurance v. Hatton · Ryan v. Ryan · Tennent v. Battey · Causemaker v. DeRoo
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"... A proceeding in garnishment is a special and extraordinary remedy given by statute and can be resorted to only under the conditions and procedure expressly authorized by the statute. The statutory conditions for its exercise are conclusive, and exclusive of all others, and cannot be extended to cover general procedural conditions and situations otherwise provided for by the statute. . . .” (p. 250.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Domann v. Pence““The plaintiff may unite several causes of action in the same petition, whether they be such as have been heretofore denominated legal or equitable, or both. But tire causes of action so united must affect all tire parties to the action, except in actions to enforce mortgages or other liens.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Henrie v. True““The proceedings against a garnishee shall be deemed an action by the plaintiff against the garnishee and defendant, as parties defendant, and all the pro- • visions for enforcing judgments shall be applicable thereto”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grant v. Reed
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.