Dressel v. Brill’s Empirical Analysis
1926
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lockway v. Modern Woodmen of America · Morrison County Lumber Co. v. Duclos · Farmers Implement Co. v. Sandberg · Wise v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. Relief Department
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In every stage of an action, the court shall disregard all errors or defects in the" pleadings and proceedings which do not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason thereof.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Benson v. Barrett
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.