Thomas v. Graves’s Empirical Analysis
1916
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 1978
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex parte Kellogg · Burton v. Wilkinson · Brintnall v. Saratoga & Whitehall Railroad · Leach v. Francis · Culver v. Balch
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.
“The importance of the duty imposed is obvious, for the giving of the notice charges the property of the defendant in the State the same as if there had been service within the State. [Thomas v. Graves, 90 Vt. 312, 315 , 98 A. 508, 509 (1916).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Batchelder v. Mantak
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.