The Westminster’s Empirical Analysis
127 F. 680 · 1904
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently May 1967 · most notably The Persiana (1911), Anchor Line (Henderson Bros.), Ltd. v. Jackson (1925)
12 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 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 The Majestic · Express Company v. Caldwell · Queen of the Pacific · Westcott v. . Fargo · Rice v. Kansas Pacific Railway
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.
“No doubt the consignees were entitled to a suitable opportunity to make an intelligent claim, but they had it. Whatever may be the case where the injury is latent and the liability doubtful, neither can be alleged of what, on the face of things, appeared here.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“notice of which is not given before the removal of the goods.”
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.