Whitson v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
September 1985
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Caughlin v. Wilson · Turk v. Wilson's Heirs · Nugent v. Mallory · Wilson v. Watson · Cruikshanks v. Wilmer & Wilson
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“rule of reappearance after submergence does not seem applicable where the submergence was in fact ... a complete disappearance for an extensive period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“above the surface of the water at normal stage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.