Davis v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently January 1996 · most notably Palmer v. Stevens (1967), Fahrig v. Garrett (1968)
46 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 George v. American Credit Control, 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any application . . . for an extension must be made before expiration of the period for filing as originally prescribed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Any judge of the trial court ... may, in his discretion, and without motion or notice to the other party, grant extensions of time for the filing of ... (c) transcript of the evidence and proceedings on appeal... Any application to any ... judge for an extension must be made before expiration of the period for filing as originally prescribed... The order granting an extension of time shall be promptly filed with the clerk of the trial court...”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Elliott v. Leathers“In all cases it shall be the duty of the trial judge to grant such extensions of time as may be necessary to enable the court reporter to complete his transcript ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Elliott v. Leathers
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.