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Howell v. Eastburn’s Empirical Analysis

1938

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1962
most recently cited

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. ““(a) In trespass actions under section 9303 of this title, before the summons is issued, the plaintiff shall file a written statement under hand describing the injury of which he complains.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.