Cary v. Cary’s Empirical Analysis
1884
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1951
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ammerman v. Crosby · Bassett v. Bratton · Bonesteel v. Bonesteel · McGee v. McGee · Conyers v. Gray
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“put it out of his power to seek relief for a long period of time, and so give to the complainant a great and unjust advantage, and ought not to exist.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It [the writ] is a most dreadful weapon by which a malicious man may expose another, who has no intention of doing wrong, to great vexation.”
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.