Williams v. Boyle’s Empirical Analysis
1892
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
June 2008
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Graham v. Railroad Co. · Traer v. Clews · New York Guaranty Indemnity Co v. Memphis Water Co · Matter Appl'n Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y. · McMahon v. . Allen
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it must appear that the assignee's successful prosecution of the action is susceptible of personal enjoyment by him ....”
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.