Watson v. Sears’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In Re Paternity of Tompkins · Shelby Engineering Co., Inc. v. Action Steel Supply, Inc. · Pufahl v. National Bank · 82 F. Supp. 2d 448 - Powers v. American Express Financial Advisors, Inc.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Simply put, if the appropriate person does not make the order to transfer assets, then the order is ineffective.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) it is made by the appropriate person;”
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.