Scofield v. Cheatham’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lost Creek Coal & Mineral Land Co. v. Hendon · Blackmon v. Chrysler Motors Corporation, Inc. · Cook v. Exchange Realty & Mortgage 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“". . . . "(2) Actions for the recovery of lands, tenements or hereditaments or the possession thereof , except as otherwise provided in this article."”
2 later decisions 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.