Howe v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 2002
most recently cited
2 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rafferty v. Sancta Maria Hospital · New England Trust Co. v. Spaulding · De Angelis v. Palladino · 6 Mass. App. Ct. 109 - Hornig v. Hornig · Roper v. Murphy
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n executor or administrator shall not be held to answer to an action by a creditor of the deceased unless such action is commenced within one year after the date of death of the deceased . . .”
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.