Alfred v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2002
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 541
Relies on Merrick v. Bridgeways, Inc. · In Re Bell & Beckwith · Barker v. Danner · Denny's Inc. v. Avesta Enterprises, Ltd.
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.
“statute of limitations for tort claims is five years”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.