Erisman v. Kerwin’s Empirical Analysis
1899
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
December 1937
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Railroad Equipment Company v. . Blair
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The findings of the referee must be regarded by the court as having the same force and weight, as the verdict of a jury, and should not be disturbed, unless clearly against the weight of the evidence.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.