Butler v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1904
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
February 1915
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barnes v. Lynch · In re Barnhouse · M. K. & T. Railway Co. v. City of Fort Scott · Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Preston · Allen v. State
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The object of the provision in question is to pre serve the jurisdiction of the trial judge, after his term has expired, not for an indefinite time, but only during a fixed and certain period. If, when his term expires, a time has been fixed within which the case is to be settled, and as in this case there has been no extension of time, that is the limit of his jurisdiction; he may settle the case within that time, but not later. And if, when his term expires, no provision has been made as to the time of settlement, but a time has been fixed within which the case is to be made, that time, including that given for suggesting amendments, is the limit of his jurisdiction; he may settle the case within that time, but not later.””
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.