Steinberg v. Fine’s Empirical Analysis
1923
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1934
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Foley v. Dwyer · Wineman v. Phillips · Hartz v. Eddy · Weber v. Van Blerck Motor 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the absence of an express agreement to release a tenant, the mere acceptance of rents from his assignee with a knowledge of the assignment does not operate to discharge the lessee from liability under the lease; nor is there a release, even though the lessor expressly assents to the assignment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Engel v. Klatt
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.