Vanasse v. Labrecque’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Baltimore Co v. Phillips · City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · Schroeder v. City of New York · Walker v. City of Hutchinson
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If any such person from accident, mistake, defect of notice or otherwise without fault on his part omits to claim or prosecute his appeal, the supreme court of probate, if justice requires a revision, may, upon reasonable terms, allow an appeal to be entered and prosecuted with the same effect as if it had been seasonably done; but not without due notice to the party adversely interested nor unless the petition therefor is filed with the clerk of said court within one year after the decision complained of was made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“First, the court must have cognizance of the class of cases to which the one to be adjudged belongs; Second, the proper parties must be present; Third, the point decided must be in substance and effect, within the issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Fries v. Carpenter
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.