Vines v. Branch’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 75 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably Davis v. Marshall Homes, Inc. (2003), Bader v. Central Fidelity Bank (1993)
3 federal appellate · 75 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 29 Cal. 2d 541 - Zaslow v. Kroenert · Pigott v. Moran · Raven Red Ash Coal Co. v. Ball · New River Mineral Co. v. Painter · Irvine v. Barrett
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It has been declared to be a fair test in determining whether a new cause of action is alleged in an amendment to inquire if a recovery had upon the original complaint would be a bar to any recovery under foe amended complaint, or if the same evidence would support both, or If foe same measure of damages is applicable.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where a person has illegally seized the personal property of another and converted it to his own use, the owner may bring an action in trespass, trover, detinue, or assumpsit.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“of Regina Vines Branch constitute an injury of a continuous trespass to the personal property of Irene Vines, and thus this action, having been filed within five years of the titling and registration of the automobile in the name of Regina Vines Branch rather than in the name of the rightful owner, Irene Vines, is actionable pursuant to § 8.01-243(B) of the Code of Virginia as amended.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.