Cardenas v. Ortiz’s Empirical Analysis
1924
Citation profile
43 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently July 2009 · most notably Galvan v. Miller (1968), Matter of Ferrill (1981)
43 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 Howard v. Carter · Anderson v. Reed · Martinez v. Floersheim Mercantile Co. · Paddock v. Pulsifer · Hill v. Miller
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the nature of things it would be a rare case where the details of conversation or conduct could be shown indicating undue persuasion and influence. Such arts would be exercised only in the absence of witnesses, or, at most, in the presence of those whose interest and inclination would impel to their denial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chapman v. Varela““ * * * the exercise of undue influence in order to secure something of value from the person or persons so influenced is but a specie of fraud. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Montoya v. Moore
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.