McClain v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
1915
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
July 1929
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Paine Lumber Co. · Briggs v. Unitted States · First National Bank of Clay Centre v. Beegle · Garanflo v. Cooley · Beckman v. Sikes
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Annual crops, like wheat, which are the product of industry and care, sown by the owner of the soil or his tenant, while growing and immature, are personal property.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.