Burgess v. Nail’s Empirical Analysis
103 F.2d 37 · 1939
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably Veiser v. Armstrong (1984), Livesay Industries, Inc. v. Livesay Window Co. (1953)
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 13 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 Davis v. Wakelee · Swift & Co. v. United States · Alexander v. Hillman · Clews v. Jamieson · Sunderland v. United States
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * Error in the determination of questions of law or fact upon which the Court's jurisdiction in the particular case depends, the court having general jurisdiction of the cause and the person, is error in the exercise of jurisdiction. Such an error affords no ground for collateral attack.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Consolidated Motor Freight Terminal v. Vineyard · In the Matter of Constructors of Florida, Inc., Debtor in Reorganization (Two Cases). American Surety Company of New York v. The Coral Gables First National Bank and John Nicholas, Trustee, the Coral Gables First National Bank v. American Surety Company of New York and John Nicholas, Trustee“"One who accepts and retains the benefits of a void judgment is estopped to assert its invalidity. The principle applies to cases where the invalidity arises from want of jurisdiction over the person or over the subject-matter of the action."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Reynolds'will
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.