Lyons v. Wallen’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
November 1947
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Corrigan v. Buckley · Queensborough Land Co. v. Cazeaux · Koehler v. Rowland · Southwest Petroleum Co. v. Logan · 232 Mo. App. 1150 - Porter v. Johnson
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . In construing such covenants, effect is to be given to the intention of the parties as shown by the language of the instrument, considered in connection with the circumstances surrounding the transaction and the object had in view by the parties.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gilliam v. Hall““Contracts of the nature of the one here involved are not void as against public policy. . . . Such contracts are not prohibited by the Fifth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Linder v. Stapp
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.