Reed v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
1879
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1897
most recently cited
3 state decisions
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We need not consider its legal validity to bind parties before 'the court.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lee v. Buck
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.