United States v. Tanner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If a warrant of commitment can be said to be served at all upon any person, it is upon tbe criminal himself, who is transported by authority of such process, rather than upon the jailer, with whom it is simply deposited; and the fees of the marshal therefor are manifestly covered by the allowance for the travel of himself, his prisoners and guards. Not only does the transportation of a prisoner imply a travel in company with him, but section 829 expressly allows a fee of fifty cents for ‘every commitment of a prisoner,’ which implies the deposit of a warrant of commitment with the jailer.””

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

2. ““If it were a question of doubt, the construction given to this clause prior to October, 1885, might be decisive; but, as it is clear to us that this construction was erroneous, we think it is not too late to overrule it. * * * It is only in cases of doubt that the construction given to an act by the department charged with the duty of enforcing it becomes material.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Knight v. Shelton

3. “for transporting criminals, ten cents a mile for himself and for each prisoner and necessary guard,”

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