Swartz v. Fariss’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
April 1952
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Berkey v. Rader
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * However the application of the defendant should be denied insofar as the rights of strangers to the proceedings are concerned who have in good faith and for value acquired an interest in the subject matter after the rendition of the judgment and before the date application is made to set aside the judgment.””
2 later decisions 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.