Mann v. Whitely’s Empirical Analysis
1931
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently December 2003 · most notably Sellman v. Haddock (1957), Keirsey v. Hirsch (1953)
26 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Carolina Portland Cement Co. v. Baumgartner · Cowdery v. London Etc. Bank · Rohrer v. Deatherage · American Trust & Savings Bank v. Scobee · Page v. Town of Gallup
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In 9 Encyc. PI. & Pr. 300, the author briefly points out the different meanings attached to the use of the phrase, as follows: ‘The phrase “necessary parties” is used in two distinct senses by judges and text writers. It is applied to those whose presence in the suit is essential to its maintenance and validity, and also to those who must be before the court in order that a decree may be rendered which will bind all parties interested in the land and under which a sale may be effected which will transfer the title thereto.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sellman v. Haddock““The . obj ection, if well taken, may be noticed, however, though not raised by the pleadings or suggested by counsel. Walrath v. Board of County Commissioners, 18 N.M. 101 , 134 P. 204 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sellman v. Haddock“Possession of the notes by the payee, or his personal representative, or the plaintiff, is prima facie evidence of nonpayment.”
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.