Robertson v. Salomon’s Empirical Analysis
130 U.S. 412 · 1889
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions (23 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2020 · most notably United States v. Stone & Downer Co. (1927), Whitney v. Wenman (1905)
23 federal appellate · 4 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 Arthur v. Lahey · Arthur's Executors v. Butterfield · Cochran v. Schell Schell · Worthington v. Abbott
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We do not see why they should be classified as seeds any more than walnuts should bo so classified. Both are seeds in the language of botany or natural history, but not in commerce nor in common parlance. On the other hand, in speaking generally of provisions, beans may well be included under the term ‘vegetables.’ * * “ This is the principal rise to which they are put. Beyond the common knowledge which we have on this subject very little; evidence is necessary or can be produced.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The commercial designation, as we have frequently decided, is the first and most important designation to be ascertained in settling the meaning and application of the tariff laws. * * * But if the commercial designation fails to give an article its proper place in the classification of the law, then resort must necessarily be had to the common designation.”'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Erhardt v. Ullman“the commercial designation of the article, or what the article is called in trade and commerce, or the name bean, has nothing to do with the question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sonn v. Magone
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.