Ellsworth v. Ludwig’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 1994
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Elder v. Fisher · Opple v. Ray · Snowhite v. State, Use of Tennant · Fisher v. Fletcher · Rounds, Admr. v. Phillips
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.
“had been arrested, convicted, and fined for driving said automobile in such manner....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Stocker v. Cataldi“was in the habit of drinking intoxicating liquors to excess,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Stocker v. Cataldi“wild and reckless driver of ... said automobile”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Stocker v. Cataldi
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.