69 Wis. 2d 709 - Sutter v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently November 2025
12 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 55 Wis. 2d 402 - John Mohr & Sons, Inc. v. Jahnke · Green Bay Canal Co v. Patten Paper Co · Fullerton Lumber Co. v. Torborg · Fullerton Lumber Co. v. Torborg · Patten Paper Co. v. Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Co.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is desirable that litigation come to an end.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The trial court may, however, determine any matters left open, and in the absence of specific directions, is generally vested with a legal discretion to take such action, not inconsistent with the order of the upper court, as seems wise and proper under the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'. . . a judgment of a trial court when affirmed by this court becomes in legal effect the judgment of this court and the trial court has no power to vacate or set it aside.' Id. at 716 (quoting Hoan v. Journal Co., 241 Wis. 483, 485 , 6 N.W.2d 185 (1942)).”
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.