Peterson v. Gibson’s Empirical Analysis
1901
Citation profile
15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently June 1972
15 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
reviewedNelson v. Gibson
Relationships
Relies on Martin v. Stubbings · Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias v. Knight · Covenant Mutual Life Ass'n v. Kentner · Baldwin v. Begley
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ It is only when a member, in express terms, agrees to be bound by such constitutional amendments or by-laws as may hereafter be enacted, that he is bound by future amendments or by-laws which impair the obligations of his contract of membership injuriously.””
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.