Boyce v. Knudson’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently December 2013
16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Highland Lumber Co., Inc. v. Knudson · Clark Lumber Co. v. Passig · Adair v. Transcontinental Oil Co. · Bell v. Hernandez · Deering-Milliken & Co. v. Modern-Aire of Hollywood, Inc.
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Although citations from other jurisdictions are of questionable value in mechanic’s lien cases because of the varying state statutes ..., it is normally held that where the statutue defines the duration of the lien and suit is not brought within that time, the lien expires irrespective of alleged agreements or waivers to the contrary [cites omitted].” (emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.