Downer v. Schmidt’s Empirical Analysis
1911
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1914
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Haynes v. Heller · Dodge v. Emmons · Baughman v. Harvey · Gow v. Blackman
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.
““It is manifest from these recitals that the land was sold for the taxes of a year preceding 1890, and the granting clause of the deed satisfactorily shows that the sale was for the’ taxes of 1889.” (p. 515.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hoffman v. Woodward
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.