Walker v. Womack’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1951
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Parmenter v. Ray, County Judge · Oliver v. State Ex Rel. State Board of Medical Examiners · Coon v. Robinett
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A writ of certiorari brings up for review the sole question of whether the inferior tribunal kept within or exceeded the jurisdiction conferred upon it by law. The writ cannot be used to correct errors of law or fact committed by an inferior tribunal within the limits of its jurisdiction.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Huebert v. Keen““The general rule is that the writ of certiorari will lie when there is no adequate remedy by appeal or otherwise.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Huebert v. Keen
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.