In Re Lehigh Min & Manuf'G Co’s Empirical Analysis
156 U.S. 322 · 1895
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions (14 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1913 · most notably Patterson v. Hewitt (1904), Chappell v. United States (1896)
2 federal appellate ·
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 United States v. Jahn · Maynard v. Hecht
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in any case in which the question of the jurisdiction of the court is in issue, in such case the question of jurisdiction alone shall be certified to the Supreme Court from the court below for decision.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“And for reasons in writing filed herewith, as part of this order, the court doth further consider that it has no jurisdiction of this case, and that the said action of ejectment be and the same is hereby dismissed for want of jurisdiction, but without prejudice to the parties to this suit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The Bayonne“held that the court did not have jurisdiction of this suit, and ordered the same to be dismissed, to which opinion and action of the court, the plaintiff did then and there except.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The Bayonne
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.