Bliss v. . Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1878
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently August 2004 · most notably Neil v. Independent Realty Co. (1927), Singer Sewing Machine Co. v. Phipps (1911)
24 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The true owner of land wrongfully held out of possession may watch his opportunity, and, if he can regain possession peaceably, may maintain it, and lawfully resist any attempts by the former occupant to retake possession;, nor will he be liable to be proceeded against under the statutes of forcible-entry and detainer. There can'be no wrongful detainer by the true owner when the entry was both lawful and peaceable-””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gregg v. Boyd
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.