Briggs v. Prevost’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 1947
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Auditor General v. Sparrow · Tucker v. Van Winkle · Morrison v. Semer · Heethuis v. Kerr · Ridgley v. Roma
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is elementary that to prevail in an ejectment proceeding the plaintiff must rely upon the strength of his own title, not on the weakness of defendant’s title. Ridgley. v. Roma, 282 Mich. 682 . Clearly in such case a plaintiff could not prevail ,if defendant had a prior valid title. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Barker v. Klingler
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.