Wehrman v. Conklin’s Empirical Analysis
155 U.S. 314 · 1894
Citation profile
86 federal appellate · 27 district · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 223 later decisions (29 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2021 · most notably Davis v. Wakelee (1895), United States v. Oregon (1935)
86 federal appellate · 27 district · 24 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.
Relationships
Relies on Akins v. Texas · Scott v. Neely · Dickerson v. Colgrove · Payne v. Hook · Whitehead v. Shattuck
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 223 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““These provisions are obligatory at all times and under all circumstances and are applicable to every form of action,, the laws of the several states to the contrary notwithstanding.” Wehrman v. Conklin, 155 U. S. 314 , 15 Sup. Ct. 129 , 39 L. Ed. 167 .”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Though a good defense in equity, laches is no defense at law. If the plaintiff at law has brought his action within the period fixed by the statute of limitations, no court can deprive him of his right to proceed.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It was not intended to restrict the ancient jurisdiction of courts of equity, or to prohibit their exercise of a concurrent jurisdiction with courts of law in cases where such concurrent jurisdiction had been previously upheld.””
2 later decisions 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.