Sweetzer v. Higby’s Empirical Analysis
1886
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
4
states following
December 1898
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Root v. Potter · E. T. Barnum Wire & Iron Works v. Speed · Scott v. Chambers · Olmstead v. Mattison · Heineman v. Hart
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If the assignee refuses to move, or his interest be such that the court is satisfied that he ought not to direct or control the proceeding, the court below, upon proper petition, should grant leave to the creditor to file his bill.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Funke v. Cone
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.