Osburn v. Maata’s Empirical Analysis
1913
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1937
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McMinn v. Whelan · Odell v. Campbell · Mayer v. Mayer · Waymire v. Shipley · Rafferty v. Davis
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.
““When the defendants appeared and asked leave to answer to the merits, they waived their right to object to the decree for want of proper service of summons, although they made their appearance after the decree was entered.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Herrick v. Wallace
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.