Stewart v. Coffman’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
May 1993
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Scharf v. BMG Corp. · Amfac Foods, Inc. v. International Systems & Controls Corp. · In Re Disciplinary Action of McCune
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose of making available to professional persons the benefits of the corporate form for the business aspects of their practices while preserving the established professional aspects of the personal relationship between the professional person and those he serves.”
2 later decisions 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.