Patten v. Olson’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bartholomay v. St. Thomas Lumber Company · Spencer v. Bradley · Trautman v. New Rockford-Fessenden Co-Op Transport Ass'n · Whitley v. Georgia Western & Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. · Broderson v. Boehm
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The action shall be brought by the following persons in the order named: “1. The surviving husband or wife, if any. “2. The surviving children, if any. “3. The surviving mother or father. “4. The personal representative. “If any person entitled to bring the action refuses or neglects so to do for a period of thirty days after demand of the person next in order, such person may bring the same.””
1 later decision 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.