Griffith Co. v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
February 1959
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hellman v. Shoulters · Chambers v. Gallagher · Dranga v. Rowe · State v. Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Co. · City of San Diego v. Higgins
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 rule established in this state, however, makes a distinction between the existence of a right and the exercise of a remedy. In other words, a person may be possessed of a right and by reason of inaction or failure to proceed lose his remedy. . .”
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.