Cragin v. Lovell’s Empirical Analysis
109 U.S. 194 · 1883
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 9 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 107 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2011 · most notably Keller v. Ashford (1890), Constable v. National Steamship Co. (1894)
44 federal appellate · 9 district · 23 state decisions — followed in 10 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 Nash v. Towne · Hendrick v. Lindsay · National Bank v. Grand Lodge · Metcalf v. Williams · Insurance Company v. Young's Administrator
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 107 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ Upon a negotiable promissory note made by an agent, in his own name, and not disclosing on its face the name of the principal, no action lies against the principal,””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shuey v. Adair“The judgment, having been rendered on default upon a declaration setting forth no cause of action, may be reversed on writ of error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“alleges no promise or contract by Cragin to or with the plaintiff:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lovell v. Cragin
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.