Anderson v. Schust Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1933
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
July 1942
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Bayfield · Loux v. Harris · Eberle Brewing Co. v. Briscoe Motor Co.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The true rule is that for a positive wrong by a servant beyond the scope of the master’s business intentionally or recklessly done, the master cannot be held liable. Such acts may constitute personal torts of the servant, but the master is not responsible.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Martin v. Jones
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.