Ellis v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2021
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williamson v. St. Louis Public Service Co. · Wilson v. General Electric Capital Auto Lease, Inc. · Lowtrip v. Green · Matter of Estate of Fc · In re Estate of F.C.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“paternity relates to the biological relationship between a man and child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.