Bailey v. McQueen’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
August 1955
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Caples v. Young · Freeman v. Blount · Fies & Sons v. Lowery · Loyd v. Oates · McCrary v. Matthews
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * an acknowledgment is entitled to great weight and will not be impeached for forgery or falsity unless the evidence to that end ‘is clear and convincing, “reaching a high degree of certainty, leaving upon the mind no fair, just doubt.” ’ * * *.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.