Eilertsen v. WEBER’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
February 1980
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ames v. Foster · Fullam v. Adams · Clifford v. Luhring · Fitzgerald v. Morrissey · Clapp v. Webb
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * Whether a promise is original or collateral, before there is any delivery of materials or services by a creditor, may ordinarily be determined by this test: Did the parties understand that the seller was extending credit for the materials or labor on the credit of the party sought to be charged, or to him only as a guarantor of payment should another fail to pay?” 1”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.