Johnson v. Lyon’s Empirical Analysis
1889
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1945
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mosher v. St Louis I M S Ry Co · Gill v. Vogler · Shear v. Wright
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is not competent, by pleading a change of circumstances from those the parties contemplated and engaged with reference to as to time of performance, which always forms an essential element in every contract, to substitute a new condition and different time. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hall v. Gargaro
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.