Wells v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2001
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bell v. State · 50 So. 2d 874 - Messana v. Maule Industries · 350 Ill. App. 589 - Martin v. Central Engineering Co. · Hawk v. Trumbull Construction Co.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must allege a cause of action recognized under law against the defendants; otherwise it does not, in contemplation of the rule, `inform the defendant of the nature of the cause against him.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“state a cause of action alleging legal liability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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