72 Cal. App. 1 - Simons Brick Co. v. Hetzel’s Empirical Analysis
1925
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently September 2012 · most notably 6 Cal. App. 4th 1233 - Halbert's Lumber, Inc. v. Lucky Stores, Inc. (1992), State v. Wise (1955)
27 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 McClain v. Hutton · Roystone Co. v. Darling · Bird v. American Surety Co. of New York
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““1186. Effect of Liens. The liens provided for in this chapter are preferred to any lien, mortgage, or other encumbrance which may have attached subsequent to the time when the building, improvement, or structure was commenced, work done, or materials were commenced to be furnished; also, to any lien, mortgage, or other encumbrance of which the lien-holder had no notice, and which was unrecorded at the time the building, improvement or structure was commenced, work done, or the materials were commenced to be furnished.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““All liens for labor done or materials furnished for the building primarily rest upon this contract and derive their validity therefrom.””
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.