State Ex Rel. Wall v. Sovinski’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
August 1989
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fischbeck v. Mielenz · Parsons v. Balson · Beck v. State · Francken v. State · State ex rel. Lang v. Civil Court of Milwaukee County
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A judgment or order which is void may be expunged by a court at any time. Such right to expunge a void order or judgment is not limited by statutory requirements for reopening, appealing from, or modifying orders or judgments.”
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.