Sonn v. Magone’s Empirical Analysis
159 U.S. 417 · 1895
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 10 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2024 · most notably United States v. Goldenberg (1897), Magone v. Wiederer (1895)
21 federal appellate · 10 district · 5 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 Worthington v. Robbins · Nix v. Hedden · Maillard v. Lawrence · Maddock v. Magone · Cadwalader v. Zeh
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * The interpretation of words of common speech is within the judicial knowledge and matter of law. Marvel v. Merritt, 116 U. S. 11 ; Nix v. Hedden, 149 U. S. 304 ; Cadwalader v. Zeh, 151 U. S. 171 ; Saltonstall v. Wiebusch, 156 U. S. 601 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On the other hand, in speaking generally of provisions, beans may well be included under the term “vegetables.” As an article of food on our tables, whether baked or boiled, or forming the basis of soup, they are used as a vegetable, as well when ripe as when green. This is the principal use to which they are put.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The predominant use of lentils and beans is for food, and, as such, they are commonly called vegetables, alflumgh they may bo regarded botanicallj as seeds, and may sometimes be used for seeding jmrposos. Under such circumstances, ordinary use, not occasional or subsequent use, furnishes the guide for classification.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Meyer v. Cadwalader
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.