Stack v. Royce’s Empirical Analysis
1892
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
July 1924
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.
““It is unreasonable to suppose that the lawmakers intended so important a paper as the petition which is the foundation of the proceedings, and without which the district court or judge has no power or authority to act, need not be made a matter of record. ’ ’”
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.