United States v. Ewing’s Empirical Analysis
140 U.S. 142 · 1891
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 17 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions (14 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1979 · most notably George Beavers v. William Henkel (1904), White v. United States (1903)
31 federal appellate · 17 district · 2 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 United States v. Dickson · Minis v. United States · United States v. Jones · United States v. Wallace
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Congress having seen fit to direct that a party accused may, ‘agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders’ in the state ‘where he may he found,’ ‘he arrested and imprisoned, or bailed,’ the court cannot say that a recognizance not warranted by the laws of the state, nor by any other act of congress, is of any validity.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is proper,” under section 1014, supra, “to look at the law of the state in which the services in such ease are rendered, to determine what is necessary and proper to be done.” -”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The compensation of a commissioner is clearly prescribed and classified by section 847 of the Revised Statutes according to the character of the services performed. For acts purely clerical and ministerial, such as administering oaths, taking acknowledgments, taking and certifying depo sitions to file, or furnishing a copy of the same, specific fees are provided, and for issuing writs or warrants or other services he has the same compensation as is allowed to clerks for like services. For acts not merely clerical, but which are performed by the commissioner in his judicial capacity, his fees are regulated on a basis of per diem compensation.”
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.