Murray v. Brokaw’s Empirical Analysis
1896
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
April 1986
most recently cited
2 state decisions
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.
““When it is necessary to foreclose, and a decree is rendered for that purpose [italics ours], the mortgage becomes merged in the decree, and a satisfaction of the decree is all that is required.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.