Bigelow v. Otis’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rodman v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. · Taylor v. Cranberry Iron & Coal Co. · Bement v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co. · Dahrooge v. Rochester German Insurance · Rugland v. Anderson
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.
““Provided, That no action shall be brought for the recovery of the purchase price after two years from the date of such sale or contract for sale.” 2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 9788.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Craig v. Wright
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.