Vaughan v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1987
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on S. H. Kress Co. v. Moscowitz · Mulligan v. Payne · Wofford v. Jackson · Williams v. Jones, Special Administrator
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * equitable relief should not be refused because of technical distinctions, where the evidence firmly establishes that fraudulent acts have been committed, and equitable principles violated.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Farrar v. Farrar
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.