Ely's Adm'r v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
171 U.S. 220 · 1898
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 4 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2021 · most notably In re Neagle (1890), United States v. Title Insurance & Trust Co. (1924)
8 federal appellate · 4 district · 8 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 The United States v. Don Fernando De La Maza Arredondo · Colin Mitchel Robert v. The United States · More v. Steinbach · Sabariego v. Maverick · Ainsa v. United States
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““TMs government promised to inviolably respect the property of Mexicans. That means the property as it then was, and does not imply any addition to it. The cession did not increase rights. That which was beyond challenge before remained so after.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““So monuments control courses and distances, and courses and distances control quantity; but, where there is uncertainty in specific description, the quantity named may be of decisive weight, and necessarily so if the intention to convey only so much, and no more, is plain.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““These considerations lead us to the conclusion that this grant was one which, at the time of the cession in 1858, was recognized by the government of Mexico as valid, and therefore one which it was the duty of this government to respect and enforce.””
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.