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Hoffman v. Morrison’s Empirical Analysis

1957

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
October 1990
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Hopton v. Swan · Busick v. Watson · Hall v. Moore

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.

  1. “The general rule is that it is inherent power in a court to control and regulate its process. When justice and fair honest dealing demand, it may quash the process itself, or may set aside a sale under it.”
    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.