Currie v. Matson’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Maxwell Land-Grant Case · United States v. Maxwell Land-Grant Co · Hotaling v. Hotaling · Albert E. Touchet, Inc. v. Touchet · Brownson v. Weeks
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.
“According to the prevailing view, therefore, and particularly because of the Louisiana provision quoted above, it is enough that a majority of the board acts favorably as to whatever subject matter is being considered, in case there are vacancies decreasing the membership of the board to less than that named in the statutes and articles of incorporation thereunder.”
2 later decisions 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.