Wilson v. Haley Live Stock Co.’s Empirical Analysis
153 U.S. 39 · 1894
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 1934 · most notably Bryan v. Ker (1911), James Stewart & Co. v. Newby (1920)
19 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
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 Bogk v. Gassert · Lamborn v. County Commissioners · Volkening v. . Degraaf · Belknap v. . Sealey
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A count in trespass de bonis asportatis, for the taking and detaining of personal property, can only be supported on the theory that the plaintiff was either its owner or entitled of right to its possession at the time of the trespass complained of.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ker v. Bryan
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.