Harrison v. Perea’s Empirical Analysis
168 U.S. 311 · 1897
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 36 district · 35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 198 later decisions (13 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2020 · most notably Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society (1975), William W. Bierce, Ltd. v. Hutchins (1907)
57 federal appellate · 36 district · 35 state decisions — followed in 16 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 Trustees v. Greenough · Bear Lake & River Water Works & Irrigation Co. v. Garland · Haws v. Victoria Copper Mining Co. · Shields v. Thomas
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 198 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““By nmltifariousness in a bill is meant the improperly joining in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them, as, for example, the uniting, in one bill of several matters, perfectly distinct and unconnected, against one defendant, or the demand of several matters of a distinct and independent nature against several defendants in the same bill.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The amount was within the judicial discretion of the court, and in fixing that amount the trial court could proceed upon its own knowledge of the value of the solicitor’s services. Trustees v. Greenough, 105 U. S. 527 [ 26 L. Ed. 1157 ]; Fowler v. Equitable Trust Co., 141 U. S. 411 -415 [ 12 Sup. Ct. 7 , 35 L. Ed. 793 ].””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Atkins““We think no error arises from the action of the court below. By the exertions of the solicitor the fund was recovered, and it was properly made to bear some portion of the expense of its administration.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tevander v. Ruysdael
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.