Dyer v. Wall’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2011
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mega v. Anglo Iron & Metal Co. of Harlingen · Dodd v. Twin City Fire Insurance Co. · Sublett v. Black
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.
“Except as hereinafter provided, minors who have attained the age of fourteen years, persons alleged to be of unsound mind or habitual drunkards, and persons for whom it is alleged to be necessary to have a guardian appointed to receive funds from any governmental source or agency shall be personally served with citation to appear and answer the application for the appointment of a guardian. [Emphasis added].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ortiz v. Gutierrez
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.