Brunson v. Lightfoot’s Empirical Analysis
1922
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
February 1951
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stewart v. Rogers
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When a defendant admits in his answer that he does not own any interest in the property and specifically disclaims any title or interest, and the court, upon such answer, decrees that he does not have any title or interest, he certainly cannot complain.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sharp v. Dougherty““Where defendants disclaim having any title or interest in land or other property, the subject matter of the action, they shall recover their costs, unless for special reasons the court decide otherwise.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sharp v. Dougherty
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.