Sharp v. Elsea’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1940
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Ex Rel. Com'rs of the Land Office v. Harrower · Sparks v. City Nat. Bank of Lawton · Duncan v. Eck · Wheeler & Motter Mercantile Co. v. Wright · Severson v. Bemore
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.
““No case has been called to our attention nor has one been examined by us in which the parties were present at the sale, or had an opportunity to be present, in which the appellate court sustained the action of the trial court where it refused to confirm the sale solely on the ground of inadequacy of the bid.””
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.