State ex rel. Egan v. Wolever’s Empirical Analysis
1891
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently December 1991 · most notably O'Brien v. People ex rel. Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co. (1905), McCoy v. Able (1892)
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 42 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 Burkett v. Holman · Jackson v. Smith · Lange v. . Benedict · Yates v. Lansing · Center Township v. Board of Commissioners
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No man is fitted to act as judge if he has not the courage to act in accordance with conscientious convictions of right and without fear of consequences to himself. Learning, conscience and courage are all essential qualities for those whose duty it is to decide upon the rights of their fellows.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cato v. Mayes“The civil responsibility of the judge would often be an incentive to dishonest, instead of honest judgments, and would invite him to consult public opinion and public prejudices when he ought to be wholly above and uninfluenced by them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cato v. Mayes
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.