State ex rel. Chavez v. Sargent’s Empirical Analysis
1914
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 1924
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Benner v. Porter · State ex rel. Hunt v. Meadows
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““All courts existing, and all persons holding offices or appointments under authority of said territory, at the time of the admission of said territory, shall continue to hold and exercise their respective jurisdictions, functions, offices and appointments until superseded by the courts, officers, or authorities provided for by this Constitution.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.