Nunn v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 1969
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Memphis Street Railway Co. v. Johnson · McAdams v. McAdams · Hobbs v. State · Taliaferro v. Goudelock · Wood v. Frazier
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.
““This practice (counter declaration) was unknown to the common law and was, in fact, authorized for the first time by the Code of 1932. If the original Defendant undertakes to avail himself of this right and to follow this procedure, he must do so in strict conformity with the statute.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stevens v. Linton
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.