Crowley v. Rorvig’s Empirical Analysis
1921
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
3
states following
September 1989
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People ex rel. Plugger v. Township Board of Overyssel · Frazier v. Jeakins · Tyler v. Sanborn · Robbins v. Butler · Burke v. Bours
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[F]raud might be committed, or unfair advantage taken, and yet, owing to the imperfections of the best of human institutions, the injured party be unable either to discover it, or prove it in such a manner as to entitle him to redress.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to have secured for each the same measure of advantage that would have been obtained if each had been represented by a disinterested and loyal representative ...”
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.