Patterson v. Woodward’s Empirical Analysis
1927
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 1978
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cook v. Martin
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““At the outset it may be said that it is a rule of universal application in equity that a trustee shall not deal with trust property to his own advantage against the consent of the cestui que trust. The rule is not confined to any particular class of trustees but applies to all who come within its principles. ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hardy v. Hardy
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.