Hume v. Bowie’s Empirical Analysis
148 U.S. 245 · 1893
Citation profile
81 federal appellate · 4 district · 44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 165 later decisions (12 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1983 · most notably Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Duncan (1940), United States v. Mayer (1914)
81 federal appellate · 4 district · 44 state decisions — followed in 14 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 Bronson v. Schulten · Phillips v. Negley · Embry v. Palmer · Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co.
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 165 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It Is always allowable, If tbe exceptions be seasonably taken and reserved, that It may be drawn out in form, and sealed by the judge, afterwards; and the time within which it may be so drawn out and presented to the court must depend on the rules and practice of the court, and the judicial discretion of the presiding justice.” I”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Ordinarily, where a pari}', without laches on his part, loses the benefit of his exceptions through the death or illness of the judge, a new trial will be granted.””
1 later decision 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.