Larkin v. Upton’s Empirical Analysis
144 U.S. 19 · 1892
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 3 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 1979 · most notably Jones v. United States (1958), Wetzstein v. Largey (1902)
8 federal appellate · 3 district · 12 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.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The apex of a vein is not necessarily a point, but often a line of great length. Any portion of the apex on the course or strike of the vein fou’nd within the limits of the claim is sufficient discovery to entitle the locator to obtain title. The vein beyond the end lines is subject to further discovery and appropriation. * * * Hence the apex in its full width, with some portions of its length, might be found in each claim, and, so discovered, justify the discoverer in obtaining title to each.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Debney v. Iles
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.