Paul v. Cullum’s Empirical Analysis
132 U.S. 539 · 1889
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 2 district · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1974 · most notably Hoge v. George (1921), Weizer v. Commissioner (1948)
27 federal appellate · 2 district · 15 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 Head v. Hargrave · United States v. Pugh · Drennen v. London Assurance Co. · The " Francis Wright" · Stringfellow v. Cain
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““¡While in the absence of written stipulations or other evidence showing a-different intention, partners will be held to share equally both profits and losses, it is entirely competent for them to determine, as between themselves, the basis upon which profits shall be divided and losses borne, without regard' to their respective contributions, whether of money, labor, or experience, to the common stock. Story on Partnership, §§ 23, 24. Such matters are entirely within the discretion of parties about to assume the relation of partners.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Duden v. Maloy · Ruggles v. Buckley
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.