Soderling v. Standard Oil Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently March 1972
3 federal appellate · 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 Chicago & Erie Railroad v. Dinius · Dodge v. Gaylord · State Ex Rel. Mavity v. Tyndall · State Ex Rel. Hurd v. Davis · Lesh v. Johnston Furniture 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““An action may be dismissed without prejudice— First. By the plaintiff, before the jury retires; or when the trial is by the court, at any time before the finding of the court is announced. Second. By the court, where the plaintiff fails to appear on trial. Third. By the court, on the refusal to make the necessary parties, after having been ordered by the court. Fourth. By the court, on the application of some of the defendants, where there are others whom the plaintiff fails to prosecute with diligence. Fifth. By the court, for disobedience by the plaintiff of an order concerning the proceedings in the action. In all other cases, upon the trial, the decision must be upon the merits.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Fourth. ... on application of some of the defendants, where there are others whom the plaintiff fails to prosecute with diligence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.