Arnsperger v. Crawford’s Empirical Analysis
1905
Citation profile
62 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently September 2001 · most notably Hager v. Weber (1951), Maryland Theatrical Corp. v. Brennan (1942)
62 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 In Re Niagara Falls & Whirlpool Railway Co. · Sadler v. Langham · Witsen v. Gutman · New Central Coal Co. v. George's Creek Coal & Iron Co. · Townsend, Grace & Co. v. Epstein
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This [constitutional provision] is but declaratory of the previously existing universal law, which forbids the arbitrary and compulsory appropriation of any man’s property to the mere private use of another, even though compensation be tendered.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““When the road, after being laid out becomes the property of the applicant, from which he may lawfully exclude the public, •the use is strictly private.””
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.