Ricker v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis
100 U.S. 104 · 1879
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 3 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 1960 · most notably William Hopkins v. Charles Hebard (1914), Schaefer v. Wunderle (1895)
33 federal appellate · 3 district · 17 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Thomas v. Gabrielle Brockenbrough · Rubber Co. v. Goodyear · Orvis v. Powell · Wiser v. Blachly
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This appears to be a settled rule, laid down both in the ancient and modern books; but the petitioners have paid no attention to this rule,for there is no offer to perforin any part of the decree, or even to bring the money into court, or any pretext of poverty, want of assets, or other inability to do it. There is wisdom in the establishment of such a provision, and it ought; to he duly enforced. Its object is to prevent abuse in the administration ol' justice, by tiling of bills bf review for delay and vexation, or otherwise protracting the litigation, to the discouragement and distress of the adverse party.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kimberly v. Arms““The application was for leave to file the bill as a whole, and not in parts; and if, asa whole, it required leave, the part which, if it stood alone, could be put on file without, must stand or fall with the incumbrances that have been attached to it.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kimberly v. Arms
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.