Duncan v. Germaine’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
May 1997
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tatum Bros. Real Estate & Investment Co. v. Watson · Glass v. Parrish · Priest v. Groover · Hunter v. First Baptist Church, Inc.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One of the hallmarks of civilization is that persons aggrieved by the conduct of another resort to law for settlement of such grievances rather than resorting to self-help.”
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.