Wells v. Shriver’s Empirical Analysis
1921
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 86 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Johnson v. Johnson (1983), Reynolds v. Reynolds (1943)
5 federal appellate · 86 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Trustees v. Greenough · Wayman v. Southard · Forgay v. Conrad · Hovey v. McDonald · Luther v. Borden
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““An order affecting a substantial right in an action, when such order, in effect, determines the action and prevents a judgment, and an order affecting a substantial right, made in a special proceeding or upon a summary application in an action after judgment, is a final order, and may be vacated, modified or reversed, as provided in this article.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jinks v. Braly · Emerson v. Lewis““A judgment is the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The Supreme Court may reverse, vacate or modify judgments of the county, superior or district court, for errors appearing on the record, and in the reversal of such judgment or order, may reverse, vacate or modify any intermediate order involving the merits of the action, or any portion thereof. The Supreme 'Court may also reverse, vacate or modify any of the following orders of the county, superior or district court, or a judge thereof: “First. A final order. “Second. An order that grants or refuses a continuance; discharges, vacates or modifies a provisional remedy; or grants, refuses, vacates or modifies an injunction; that grants or refuses a new trial; or confirms- or refuses to confirm the report of a referee; or sustains or overrules a demurrer. “Third. An order that involves the merits of an action, or some part thereof.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Knebel v. Rennie
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.