Rylands v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1917
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
January 1938
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Owners of Lands v. People ex rel. Stookey · Lussem v. Sanitary District
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While the law is local and special in that it provides for the construction of bridges at certain places designated therein, it is not rendered invalid for that reason, alone. We have frequently held that drainage districts and sanitary districts are not within the inhibition of the section of the constitution referred to.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Foutch v. Zempel
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.