Hudson v. Parker’s Empirical Analysis
156 U.S. 277 · 1895
Citation profile
161 federal appellate · 18 district · 50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 339 later decisions (23 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2018 · most notably Stack v. Boyle (1952), Sibbach v. Wilson & Co. (1941)
161 federal appellate · 18 district · 50 state decisions — followed in 20 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 Cohens v. Virginia · Samuel Worcester v. The State of Georgia · The Lottawanna · Wayman v. Southard
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 339 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The statute's of the United States have been framed upon the theory that a perspn accused of crime shall not, until he has been finally adjudged guilty in the court of last resort, be absolutely compelled to undergo imprisonment or punishment, but may be admitted to bail, not only after arrest and before trial, but after conviction and pending a writ of error. The statutes.,as; ⅛- bail upon arr§st and before trial provide that bail ‘may be adrnit- ie<V upon all arrests in capital cases, and ‘shall be admitted’ upon all arrests in other criminal eases; and may be taken, * * * ” (citing the statute quoted).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“And all provisions of law now in force regulating the methods and system of review through appeals or writs of error shall regulate .the methods and system of appeals and writs of error provided for in this act in respect of the Circuit Courts of Appeals, including all provisions for bonds or other securities to be required and taken on such appeals and writs of error.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This court cannot, indeed, by rule, enlarge or restrict its own inherent jurisdiction and powers, or those of the other courts of the United States * * *.”
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.