In re Lee’s Empirical Analysis
1889
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 1930
4 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.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““But as we have seen, the act is not silent on that subject. It provides that the proceeding may be begun before any justice of the peace, and hence in any county or township of the state. . . . Being ‘otherwise provided’ in the bastardy act, the provisions of the code as to where actions shall be commenced, do not apply; . . .” (p. 321.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Bolman““The trial and proceedings of such prosecution, both before the justice and in the district court, shall in all respects not herein otherwise provided for be governed by the law regulating civil actions.” (R. S. 62-2308.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Bolman““. . . the rules of evidence and the competency of witnesses shall be the same as in civil cases.” (It. S. 62-2303.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Bolman
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.