Steffen v. Fox’s Empirical Analysis
1894
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1914
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People ex rel. Board of Park Commissioners v. Common Council · Farrar v. City of St. Louis · Julia Building Ass'n v. Bell Telephone Co. · Galbreath v. Newton · Ruggles v. Collier
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.
““A substantial compliance with the law is essential as a foundation of the plaintiff’s right of recovery in these cases, but a literal compliance has never been deemed essential for that purpose.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Meyer v. Bobb
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.