Freeman v. Rinaker’s Empirical Analysis
1900
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably Lamoreaux v. Andersch (1915), 255 Ill. App. 3d 660 - Contract Development Corp. v. Beck (1994)
48 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedRinaker v. Freeman
Relationships
Relies on Cook v. Heald · May, Purington & Bonner Brick Co. v. General Engineering Co. · Belanger v. Hersey · Clark v. Manning · McMillan v. Union Press-Brick Works
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ If the work is done or materials are furnished under a verbal contract, no lien shall be had by virtue of this act unless the work shall be done or materials furnished within one year from the date of the contract, and final payment therefor is to be made within such time. “ If the contract be written, no lien shall be had* by virtue of this act, if the time stipulated for the completion of the work or furnishing materials is beyond three years from the date of the contract, or the timé of payment beyond one year from the time stipulated for the completion thereof.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ISTo lien can be enforced for the appellee’s services under this contract, for the reason that the contract is in writing, and contains no provision as to the time within which the work was to be performed or the money to be paid.””
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.