McMillen v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
March 1986
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lamp v. Pennsylvania R. R. · Cofran v. Swanman · Kleidon v. Glascock · Helvetia Copper Co. v. Hart-Parr Co. · Tiedje v. Haney
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The general rule is that a memorandum of a trial judge is no part of the order or findings to which it is attached, unless expressly made a part thereof; and, whether attached or not, it may be referred to only for clarification where the trial court’s order or finding is not explicit in itself and is ambiguous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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