Belrose v. Kanitz’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1984
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Henderson v. McRae · White v. Gray
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The distinction between an agreement which is, per se, to satisfy and extinguish an existing debt, and an agreement, the performance of which is to have that effect, must not be overlooked. The former operates as an immediate satisfaction of the debt; the latter, only when performed. White v. Gray, 68 Me. 579 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fricke v. Forbes
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.