Werts v. Spearman’s Empirical Analysis
1885
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
3
states following
December 1916
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Where an actual fraud is charged, perpetrated with a fraudulent intent, and the proof of the charge consists of circumstances, then good character, as in a case of crime, might be resorted to.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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