Eager v. Belmore’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently June 2005 · most notably Morris v. Ross (1954), State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. Molybdenum Corp. of America (1972)
32 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 43 U.S.C. § 11
Relies on Frank Waskey v. Joseph Hammer · Mosley v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. · State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Mirabal · Prosser v. Finn · Turner v. Sanchez
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The general rule of law is that an act done in violation of a statutory prohibition is void and confers no right upon the wrongdoer; but this rule is subject to the qualification that when, upon a survey of the statute, its subject-matter and the mischief sought to be prevented, it appears that the legislature intended otherwise, effect must be given to that intention. * * *"”
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.