Williams v. Hirschfield’s Empirical Analysis
1912
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
September 1953
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Grover Baker Co v. Radcliffe · Hogan v. Bailey · Crim v. Crim · Teel v. . Yost · Van Norman v. Gordon
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The court, in every stage of action, must disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which does not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party; and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason' of such error or defect.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Starr v. Tennant
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.