United States v. Eaton’s Empirical Analysis
169 U.S. 331 · 1898
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 21 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 98 later decisions (23 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Morrison v. Olson (1988), Edmond v. United States (1997)
25 federal appellate · 21 district · 16 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 Ballew v. United States · The United States v. Phineas Bradley · United States v. Mosby · United States v. William Linn
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 98 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because the subordinate officer is charged with the performance of the duty of the superior for a limited time and under special and temporary conditions he is not thereby transformed into the superior and permanent official.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“charged with the duty of temporarily performing the function of the consul, did not violate the Appointments Clause. In doing so, we repeatedly referred to the”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any appointee exercising significant authority pursuant to the laws of the United States is an ‘Officer of the United States’ ”) is misplaced. Unlike the Federal Election Commissioners in Buckley, the Independent Counsel: Iran/Contra derives his authority not by direct delegation from Congress, but rather through the Attorney General. Having been appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, the Attorney General was properly vested with the investigative and prosecutorial authority described in 28 U.S.C. § 509 , and could delegate it to others”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Sealed Case
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.