Metropolitan Co v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
121 U.S. 558 · 1887
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 14 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions (18 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2006 · most notably Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co. (1933), Capital Traction Co. v. Hof (1899)
38 federal appellate · 14 district · 16 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Randall v. Baltimore O R · McDonald v. Hovey · Griffith v. Diffenderffer · McDonald v. . Walter
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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Strictly speaking, evidence is said to be insufficient in law only in those cases where there is a total absence of such proof, either as to its quantity or kind, as in the particular case some rule of law requires as essential to the establishment of the fact.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““So, upon the whole evidence in the case, the testimony in support of the cause of action, or of the de-fence, may be so slight, although competent in law, or the preponderance against it may be so convine-ing, that a verdict may be seen to be plainly unreasonable and unjust. In many cases it might be the duty of the court to withdraw the case from the jury, or to direct a verdict in a particular way; and yet in others, where it would be proper to submit the case to the jury, it might become its duty to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial. That obligation, however, is the result of a conclusion of fact, and in such cases the ground of the ruling is, that the verdict is not supported by sufficient evidence, because it is against the weight of the evidence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The motion for a new trial coming on to be heard upon the pleadings, testimony, and rulings of the court, as set forth in the pleadings, and the stenographic report containing the whole of the evidence in said case, and being a case stated, said report being filed herewith and made Exhibit A, the same is overruled, and from the order of the court overruling said motion the defendant hereby appeals to the court in general term. “ By the court. “ MacArthur, Justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.