Simpson v. Sheley’s Empirical Analysis
1900
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
December 1970
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vogle v. Ripper · Sheley v. Sampson
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Justice and the authorities unite in holding that in such a case the mortgagee may enforce his mortgage notwithstanding the alteration of the note, if the debt still exists and can be proved independently of the altered note.” (p. 515.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Edington v. McLeod
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.