Christin v. Broderick’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1947
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 3 Cal. 2d 584 - Finkler v. Purcell · 7 Cal. 2d 348 - Hindmarch v. Angell · 15 Cal. App. 2d 322 - Smethurst v. Smethurst · American Trust Co. v. Dixon
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is not the mere opinions which are of importance but the reasons given in support of such opinions.”
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.