Davis v. Pullium’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company v. Jones · Byers v. Sun Savings Bank · Sanders v. C. P. Carter Const. Co. · White v. Burton · Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Coulson
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The courts of justice of the State shall be open to every person, and speedy and certain remedy afforded for every wrong and for every injury to person, property, or reputation; and right and justice shall be administrated without sale, denial, delay or prejudice.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Rumors of plaintiff's death are greatly exaggerated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.