Rhea v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
274 U.S. 434 · 1927
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2004 · most notably Thomas v. Shelton (1984), B. A. Lott, Inc. v. Padgett (1943)
7 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Wayman v. Southard · Brown v. Pierce · Williams v. Benedict · Massingill v. Downs
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is the inequality which permits a lien instantly to attach to the rendition of the judgment without more in the state court, which does not so attach in the federal court in that same county, that prevents compliance with the requirement of [the federal act regulating the lien of judgments].” 274 U.S. at 444 , 47 S.Ct. at 701 , 71 L.Ed. at 1145 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) A transcript of the original docket of a judgment that is rendered in the circuit or district court of the United States, ninth circuit, district of Montana, and that is certified by the clerk of court may be filed with the district court clerk of any county. From the time of the filing, the judgment becomes a lien upon all real property of the judgment debtor that is not exempt from execution in the county and that is either owned by the judgment debtor at the time or afterward acquired by the judgment debtor before the lien expires., Except as provided in subsection (2), the lien continues for 10 years unless the judgment is previously satisfied.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““the risk to be run . . . is in the danger that the agent or attorney of a judgment creditor in the federal court may forget to have the judgment transcribed and filed in the clerk’s office of the circuit court of the county. Such forgetfulness by those charged with the duty is a factor to be considered, and makes a real difference between the provision for the lien of the federal court judgment and the instant attaching of a lien upon the entry of the state court judgment without further action.” 274 U.S. at 443 , 47 S.Ct. at 701 , 71 L.Ed. at 1145 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.