Stitt v. People’s Empirical Analysis
1923
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
July 1927
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Plummer v. Struby-Estabrooke Mercantile Co. · Beach v. Schroeder · Mouat v. Hildebrand · Gray v. Sharp · Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway Co. v. Perkins
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whether the defendant is the guilty party is a grave question. That two juries were unable to agree is some indication that the question of his guilt is a close one. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Massie v. People
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.