Poertner v. Hess’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 13 U.S.C. § 141 · 13 U.S.C. § 181 · 13 U.S.C. § 182 · 13 U.S.C. § 196
Relies on San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · City of New Orleans v. Dukes · Lucas v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado · Friedman v. Rogers · City of St. Louis v. Thomas W. Garland, Inc.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Each circuit judge or associate circuit judge who serves as the judge of the probate division of the circuit court may hear and determine all cases and matters within the probate division of the ' circuit court in the county for which he is judge in accordance with the rules of civil procedure, except where specific statutes govern procedure in the probate division;_[Emphasis added.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hitt v. Odom · In Re DCO
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.