Myhand v. Erwin’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently October 2015
14 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 Willis v. Mabon · Brickhouse v. Hill · Griffin v. Rhoton · Cumnock v. Little Rock · Combs v. Gray
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it supplies a sufficient rule by means of which the right given may be enjoyed and protected, or the duty imposed may be enforced; and it is not self-executing when it merely indicates principles, without laying down rules by means of which those principles may be given the force of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Arms. v. State · Knowlton v. Ward“"This Court has been liberal in its construction of constitutional amendments, so as to carry out the obvious purpose of the people adopting the amendment."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Wayland v. Snapp · Hackler v. Baker“"Any city of the first or second class, any incorporated town, and any county, may issue, by and with the consent of the majority of the qualified electors of said municipality or county voting on the question at an election held for the purpose, bonds in sums approved by such majority at such election for the purpose of securing and developing industry within or near the said municipality holding the election, or within the county holding the election."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hackler v. Baker
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.