Montalet v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis
7 U.S. 249 · 1806
Citation profile
1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1920
1 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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“stated the practice of the court to be, that where there is no appearance for the plaintiff in error, the defendant may have the plaintiff called, and dismiss the writ of error; or may open the record, and pray for an affirmance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Newman v. Moyers
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.