Eldridge v. Johndrow’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
78
cited by 78 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 69 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Montejo v. Louisiana · Carvel Corp. v. Noonan · State v. Menzies · State v. Thurman · Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Sturges
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the age of the precedent, how well it has worked in practice, its consistency with other legal principles, and the extent to which people's reliance on the precedent would create injustice or hardship if it were overturned.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Haik v. Jones · State v. Legg“However, our presumption against overruling precedent is not equally strong in all cases.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Legg · State v. Sanders“a cornerstone of Anglo-American jurisprudence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Haik v. Jones · State v. Legg
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.