United States v. Harmon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 11 district · 4 state decisions

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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This allowance is not expressly, or by any reasonable implication, restricted to a single travel at each term, but extends to every time when he may be expected to travel from bis home to attend a term of court, if the court sits for any number of days in succession, he should continue in attendance, and is entitled to only one travel. But, if the court is adjourned over one or more intervening days, lie is not obliged to remain at his own expense at ihe place of holding- courr, but may return to his home, and charge travel for going anew to attend the term at the day to -which it is adjourned.” Harmon v. U. S., 43 Fed. 560 565. affirmed 147 U. S. 268 -279, 13 Sup. Ct. 327 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Shields · Saunders v. United States

2. ““That in some instances the officer had in his hands for service several precepts against different persons for different canses, and made service of two or more such precepts in the course of one trip, making hut one travel to the most remote point of service, but charging full travel on each precept.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nixon v. United States

3. “States; were suable: Provided,however, That nothing in this section shall be construed as giving to either of the courts herein mentioned jurisdiction to hear, and determine claims growing out of the late civil war, and commonly known as “ war claims,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chase v. United States