Barnitz v. Beverly’s Empirical Analysis
163 U.S. 118 · 1896
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 14 district · 145 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 253 later decisions (27 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2023 · most notably Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Blaisdell (1934), Worthen Co Board of Com'rs of Street Improvement Dist No 513 of Little Rock Ark v. Kavanaugh (1935)
32 federal appellate · 14 district · 145 state decisions — followed in 29 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 Von Hoffman v. City of Quincy · Bronson v. Kinzie · Brine v. Insurance Co. · Morley v. Lake Shore M S Ry Co
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 253 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[W]e hold that a statute which authorizes the redemption of property sold upon foreclosure of a mortgage, where no right of redemption previously existed, or which extends the period of redemption beyond the time formerly allowed, cannot constitutionally apply to a sale under a mortgage executed before its passage.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is well settled by the decisions of this court that the remedy subsisting-in a state when and where the contract is made and is to be performed is a part of its obligation, and any subsequent law of the state which so affects that remedy as substantially to impair and lessen the value of the contract is forbidden by the Constitution, and is therefore void. * * * It is within the power of the' state to change the remedy as long as it does not essentially affect the right embodied in the contract.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Whatever belongs merely to the remedy may be altered according to the will of the State, provided the alteration does not impair the obligation of the contract. But if that effect is produced, it is immaterial whether it is done by acting on the remedy or directly on the contract itself. In either case it is prohibited by the Constitution.””
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.