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237 F.2d 630 · 1956

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
December 1977
most recently cited

11 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently December 1977

11 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

60195619601970decided

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 Erwin v. Barrow · Mead v. Hellams · McGill v. Cooper Supply Co. · Edmonds v. White · Pfrimmer v. Tidwell

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “If the petition or complaint of the plaintiff fails to make the allegations herein prescribed, or if he fails to prove facts supporting such allegations when made, the action must be dismissed upon demurrer or motion of the defendant, or by the court on its own motion.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Seidenbach's, an Oklahoma Corporation v. Bland Terry Shoe Corporation, a Georgia Corporation, Bland Terry Shoe Corporation, a Georgia Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Seidenbach's, an Oklahoma Corporation, Cross-Appellee
  2. “The judgment below is vacated and the cause is remanded to the trial court with directions to determine compliance or non-compliance with the Oklahoma intangible property tax law and to enter judgment in accordance with such determination.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. King v. Alaska State Housing Authority

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.