Wofford v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1963
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tillar v. Henry · Armstrong v. Armstrong · Haskell v. Patterson · Eason v. Wheeler · Edlin v. Moser
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Constructive trusts include all those instances in which a trust is raised by the doctrines of equity for the purpose of working out justice in the most efficient manner, * * * They arise when the legal title to property is obtained by a person in violation, express or implied, of some duty owed to the one who is equitably entitled, and when the property thus obtained is held in hostility to his beneficial rights of ownership. ’ ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vaughan v. Sutton
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.