Schulte v. Starritt’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 2010
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Payne v. McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. · Moore v. Kelly · Moore v. Barker · Blanchard v. Reed · Jordan v. Jordan
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the defense, whether specifically pleaded, or asserted under a general denial, does not merely negative the title and right of possession of plaintiff, but seeks to avoid it by proof of a new and distinct proposition or state of facts, such defense is affirmative in its nature.”
3 later decisions 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.