Nelson v. Sampson’s Empirical Analysis
1932
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1984
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Atlas Lumber Co. v. Dupuis
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * The mechanic’s lien law is to be liberally construed, and its purposes are not to be defeated by mere technicalities in preliminary proceedings.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.