Swanson v. Swanson’s Empirical Analysis
1852
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
December 1959
most recently cited
3 state decisions
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.
““ The competency of the Legislature, by general laws, to provide for the legitimation of bastards is not questioned-, nor could the power of the Legislature to pass private laws, legitimating particular individuals, have admitted of any question prior to the prohibition against special legislation, introduced into the amended Constitution of this state in 1834, art. 11, sec. 7.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.