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← 5 ILLAPP3D 804 - Nelson v. Folegstrom

Nelson v. Folegstrom’s Empirical Analysis

1972

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
November 1986
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on City of Worcester v. Quinn · 1 N.J. Super. 532 - Camden Co. Welfare Bd. v. Federal Dep. Ins. Co. · Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Mercantile Trust & Savings Bank · Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Sever · County Board of Supervisors of Platte Co. v. Breese

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “`Statutory provisions relating to the creation and satisfaction of the lien are controlling; and it is only pursuant to statutory provisions that the authorities may have a lien for assistance furnished.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “were not made in pursuance of any contract between the parties.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.