McAllister v. Kuhn’s Empirical Analysis
96 U.S. 87 · 1877
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 6 district · 29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 1942 · most notably Wisconsin Central Railroad v. United States (1896), Cragin v. Lovell (1883)
10 federal appellate · 6 district · 29 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Upon a writ of error to reverse a judgment by default such defects in the declaration or complaint as could have been taken advantage of before judgment by general demurrer, may be brought under review. If the judgment would have been arrested on motion, if made because the declaration did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, it may be reversed for the same reason upon error.” See also Abbe v. Marr, 14 Cal. 210 ; Choynski v. Cohen, 39 Cal. 501 .”
1 later decision 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.