Waid v. Bergschneider’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stallcup v. Rathbun · Standard Oil Co. of California v. Shields · Muehlebach v. Mercer Mortuary and Chapel, Inc. · Blue Bar Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Hudspeth · Zugsmith v. Mullins
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * new trial should be granted only for a cause materially affecting the right of the aggrieved party.””
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.