Zis v. Herman’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently February 1969
7 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 Helvering v. American Dental Co. · John Hetherington & Sons, Ltd. v. William Firth Co. · Norris v. Jackson · Home Savings Bank v. Savransky · Yellow Cab Co. of District of Columbia v. Sutton
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We think it is proper in a case tried by the court sitting without a jury, for either party to request rulings on pertinent questions of law and that it is the duty of the court ;to rule upon such questions. In a case tried before a jury a party may obtain rulings on questions of law by presenting requested instructions to the jury, and we see no reason why in a case tried without a jury a party should not have the same right. If this were not so, the right of appeal in many cases would be useless, since ordinarily we can review only questions of law. The legal principles which guide the court in arriving at a decision on the issues of fact involve important rights of litigants. They are entitled to have the court declare such principles upon request in order .that on appeal it may be determined whether the court was guided by correct principles of law. Ultimate findings of fact of a trial court, if reached 'upon an application of erroneous legal standards’ are not binding upon the appellate court.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Eggleton v. Vaughn
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.