Wells v. Merrill’s Empirical Analysis
1923
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
April 1937
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. . the Mayor, C., of New-York · Spooner v. D., L. & West. Railroad · Bank of Havana v. . Magee · Carnegie Trust Company v. . New York Real Estate SEC. Co.
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Not having any right, he would have no remedy, and, there being no one left in court as a party plaintiff who could demand any relief, the action must fail.””
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.