Lamb v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis
1891
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently April 1958 · most notably Smith v. Pedigo (1893), In re Denny (1901)
2 federal appellate · 37 state decisions — followed in 11 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 St. Joseph Township v. Rogers · Stoddard v. Johnson · Ricketts v. Spraker · City of Bridgeport v. Housatonuc Railroad · People ex rel. Wheaton v. Wiant
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We declare that all secret combinations which infringe upon the rights of those outside their organization, and whose principles and practices are injurious to the Christian character of their members, are contrary to the Word of God, and that Christians ought to have no connection with them. The general conference shall have power to enact such rules of discipline with respect to such com-binations as in its judgment it may deem proper."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bear v. Heasley““The right, title, interest and claim of all property, both real and personal, of whatever name or description, obtained by purchase or otherwise, by any person or persons, for the use, benefit and behoof of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, are hereby fully recognized, and held to vest in the church aforesaid.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The ministerial and lay delegates shall deliberate and vote together as one body; but the general conference shall have power to provide for a vote by separate orders, whenever it deems it best to do so; and in such cases the concurrent vote of both orders shall be necessary to complete an action.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bear v. Heasley
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.