Pearson v. Post’s Empirical Analysis
1880
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
May 1883
most recently cited
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any instrument within the scope of his authority, by which an agent intends to bind his principal, does bind him, if such intent is plainly inferable from the instrument itself.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Post v. Pearson“all distinctions between sealed and unsealed instruments are abolished,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Post v. Pearson
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.