Buford v. Mello’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In Re McDonald Revocable Trust · Colonial Health Care Center & Superior National Insurance v. Bibbins · Ellis v. Farmers Insurance Group · Marriage of Rogger v. Rogger · Martin v. Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This rule requires an appellant to file a transcript and prepare a legal file so that the record contains all the evidence necessary to determine the questions presented to this court to decide.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re TF“If an appellant desires review of an issue it is his duty to furnish a transcript containing all the records, proceedings and evidence relating thereto.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re TF“these provisions do not relieve an appellant of the duty to compile the record[.]”
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.