Turner v. People of State of New York’s Empirical Analysis
168 U.S. 90 · 1897
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 4 district · 74 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 154 later decisions (12 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2003 · most notably United States v. Locke (1985), 19 Cal. 4th 26 - Quelimane Co. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. (1998)
28 federal appellate · 4 district · 74 state decisions — followed in 17 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 Terry v. Anderson · Dower v. Richards · Egan v. Hart · People v. . Turner
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 154 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled that a statute shortening the period of limitation is within the constitutional power of the legislature, provided a reasonable time, taking into consideration the nature of the case, is allowed for bringing an action after the passage of the statute, and before the bar takes effect.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any action that shall be begun, proceeding taken, or application duly made within six months thereafter for the purpose of vacating any tax sale or any conveyance or certificate of sale made thereunder.”
1 later decision 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.