Creighton v. Elgin’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently July 2021 · most notably 1 Ill. 2d 160 - Mitchell v. Van Scoyk (1953), Commercial Credit Equipment Corp. v. Stamps (1990)
3 federal appellate · 16 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 Baker v. Hall · Garlick v. Imgruet · Kirkpatrick v. Clark · Ackman v. Potter · Creighton v. Elgin
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is equally clear that if Mrs. Creighton delivered the deed for the purpose of divesting the title out of her name and vesting it in John and Edward, for the purpose of placing such property beyond the reach of her creditors, she could not now claim that the deed was not delivered. The same rule applies to her heirs and devisees who now claim the property, and who are in no better position than she would be in. ’ ’ (Italics ours.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Paris v. Morris“All those taking part in a fraudulent transaction will be regarded as participants therein....”
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.