Harrison v. Fite’s Empirical Analysis
148 F. 781 · 1906
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 8 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2017 · most notably United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co. (1940), United States v. Holt State Bank (1926)
27 federal appellate · 8 district · 17 state decisions — followed in 11 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Niles v. Cedar Point Club · Hardin v. Shedd · Lamprey v. State · Howard v. Ingersoll · Morgan v. . King
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It will be deemed navigable, when used or susceptible of use, in its ordinary condition, as a highway of trade and travel in the customary modes on water. * * * To meet the test * * * a water course should be susceptible of use for the purposes of commerce or possess a capacity for valuable floatage in the transportation to market of the products of the country through which it runs.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a theoretical or potential navigability or one that is temporary, precarious and unprofitable is not sufficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.