Stephenson v. Purchase’s Empirical Analysis
1921
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1937
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tappan v. Evans · Sheldon v. Kibbe · John Tayloe v. Edward Thomson's Lessee · Fuller v. Bowker · Porrett v. Lauer
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The debtor, after being so discharged, shall be forever exempted from arrest or imprisonment, for the same debt, unless he shall be convicted of having sworn falsely upon his examination before the officer, or in taking the oath before prescribed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Brenner
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.