Mercereau v. Maughlin Mill Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1909
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 1936
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stratton v. C. H. Nichols Lumber Co. · Hoffman v. American Foundry Co. · Bailey v. Mukilteo Lumber Co. · Johnson v. Anderson & Middleton Lumber 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.
““While the statute is not clear as to the exact method to be pursued, its purpose is to provide for chance drawing from the box.””
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.