Shaffer v. Bowes’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
3
states following
May 1953
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chastleton Corporation v. Sinclair · Mess v. Mosteller
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession of the property for his immediate and personal use and occupancy as a dwelling.””
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.