Merrifield v. Lyon’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1963
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Badders · State v. White · State of Kansas v. Killion · State v. McCombs · Redmond v. State
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.
““A preliminary examination is not a trial as that term is ordinarily used. The complaint and warrant used in a preliminary examination are not construed with the strictness of papers filed in the district court such as an information.” (Syl. fl.)”
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.