Ohio v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 federal appellate · 44 district · 21 state decisions

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 226 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * we think a state legislature has no constitutional power to interfere with such management as is provided by congress.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Papworth · 437 F. Supp. 351 - Massachusetts v. Hills

2. ““Some of the same authorities also show that this is one of the cases where it is proper to issue a writ of habeas corpus from the federal court, instead of awaiting the slow processes of a writ of error from this court to the highest court of the state where a decision could be had. One of the grounds for making such a case as this an exception to the general rule * * * consists in the fact that the federal officer proceeded against in the courts of the state may, upon a conviction, be imprisoned, as a means of enforcing the sentence of a fine, and thus the operations of the federal government might in the meantime be obstructed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Matthews

3. ““Whatever jurisdiction the state may have over the place or ground where the institution is located, it can have none to interfere with the provision made by congress for furnishing food to the inmates of the home; nor has it any power to prohibit or regulate the furnishing of any article of food which is approved by the officers of the home, by the managers, and by congress. Tinder such circumstances the police power of the state has no application.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peters v. Malin