Johnston v. Spears’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1988
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Arceneaux v. Domingue · Guin v. McDaniel
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Forced heirs shall have the same right to annul absolutely and by parol evidence the simulated contracts of those from whom they inherit, they shall not be restricted to the legitime."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Manion v. Pollingue
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.