O'LEAR v. Strucker’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
3
states following
March 1989
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chandler v. Dunlop · Patterson v. Vincent · Wilt v. Smack · Giles v. Rodolico · Gosnell v. Whetsel
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If in any action duly commenced within the time limited therefor in this chapter, the writ fails of a sufficient service or return by any unavoidable accident, ... or the action otherwise avoided or defeated by the death of any party thereto, ... a new action may be commenced, for the same cause of action, at any time within one year after the abatement....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Snow v. Webb
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.