Pickering v. Hollabaugh’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 1972
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brewer v. Schammerhorn · Hutton v. Hutton · Cranston v. Stewart · Hurley v. Painter · Sparks v. Sparks
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.
““. . . G. S. 1949, 60-2804 which prohibited a person from testifying respecting transactions or communications had personally with a person since deceased was not incorporated into the new Code of Civil Procedure and has therefore been repealed. This was the only prohibition against a party to a transaction with a person since deceased testifying as to his statements or declarations . . .” (1. c. 808.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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