Lake Shore Ry Co v. Prentice’s Empirical Analysis
147 U.S. 101 · 1893
Citation profile
231 federal appellate · 42 district · 197 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 600 later decisions (30 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2019 · most notably Erie Co v. Tompkins (1938), Smith v. Wade (1983)
231 federal appellate · 42 district · 197 state decisions — followed in 34 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 Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix Insurance · Hough v. Railway Co. · Barry v. Edmunds · Railroad Company v. Lockwood
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 600 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Exemplary or punitive damages, being awarded, not by way of compensation to the sufferer, but by way of punishment of the offender, and as a warning to others, can only be awarded against one who has participated in the offense. A principal, therefore, though of course liable to make compensation for injuries done by his agent within the scope of his employment, cannot be held liable for exemplary or punitive damages, merely by reason of wanton, oppressive, or malicious intent on the part of the agent”.”
24 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the defendant has acted wantonly, or oppressively, or with ... malice....”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Wade · Cowen v. Winters“wielding the whole executive power of the corporation”
6 later decisions 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.