Branch v. Dever’s Empirical Analysis
1857
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 1989
most recently cited
3 state decisions
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.
“it is not enough that their verdict may appear to be contrary to the weight of evidence”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Herbert v. Herbert
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.