Pifer v. Berkey’s Empirical Analysis
1911
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 1942
most recently cited
2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““No formal issue was framed as the statute requires and the parties went to trial upon the general averments of the petition and answer which were treated as the pleadings in the case.””
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.