Johnston v. Dill’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1989
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Collins v. Ramish · Simpson v. First Nat. Bank · Kemp v. Kemp · Sizemore v. Dill · Riley v. Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad
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 power of this court to reverse a judgment is undoubted, as likewise is its power to direct the proceedings to be followed upon retrial. It is especially to be exercised in equitable cases to accomplish equitable ends . . .” (Citing examples).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Blythe v. Hines
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.