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← 202 Wis. 2d 366 - State v. Sweat

202 Wis. 2d 366 - State v. Sweat’s Empirical Analysis

1996

Citation profile

10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
February 1999
most recently cited

10 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Kelly v. Robinson · 107 Wis. 2d 400 - Loy v. Bunderson · 147 Wis. 2d 842 - Minuteman, Inc. v. Alexander · 115 Wis. 2d 289 - Thompson v. Village of Hales Corners · 114 Wis. 2d 418 - State v. Webster

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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The defendant may assert any defense that he or she could raise in a civil action for the loss sought to be compensated.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “federal decisions are not binding on state courts in Wisconsin. We are bound only by the United States Supreme Court on questions of federal law.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “Had Sweat not deceived these victims, they would have received their principal back plus a large sum of interest.”
    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.