Walker v. Chatterton’s Empirical Analysis
1917
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1923
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on August Kern Barber Supply Co. v. Freeze · Masterson v. Ashcom · T. W. House & Co. v. Collins
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When the record discloses that the judgment attacked is .valid upon its face, it devolves upon the parties seeking its annulment to show, not only no service of citation or appearance, but that he has a good defense to the suit.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Godshalk v. Martin
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.