Smith v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
1914
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
May 1924
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Goat v. United States · Pacific Elevator Co. v. Portland · Scott v. Brakel · Williams v. Joins · Schus v. Powers-Simpson Co.
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In fact, the records were purely hearsay and inadmissible for any purpose.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Miller v. Thompson
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.