Maas v. Tyler’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 2018
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harris v. Tri-Union Oil & Gas Co. · Kirchdorfer v. Liberty Nat. Bank & Trust 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.
“[w]here it appears that a demand for action would be unavailing or, if granted, would be in unfriendly hands, such a demand is not a condition precedent to the right of stockholders to sue on behalf of a corporation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Tarter
How this case has been treated — in progress
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