Lorimer v. Fairchild’s Empirical Analysis
1904
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently January 1936
11 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Benson v. Phipps · Washington Bridge Company v. William Stewart · de McKinlay v. Tuttle · Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Merrill · City of Hastings v. Foxworthy
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““While this rule may not be a cast-iron rule, incapable of relaxation under any circumstances, yet it must be adhered to where the question is one of great doubt, has been thoroughly considered, and is one whose decision involves no serious injury to general' rights.” (Syl. ¶ 2.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Where a case is brought a second time on error to this court, the first decision will be deemed the settled law of the case, and'will not be made a subject of reexamination.” (Syl. ft 2.)”
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.