Healing v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently June 2005 · most notably Fantasy, Inc. v. Fogerty (1993), Healing v. Jones (1962)
14 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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 William Marbury v. James Madison · David Muskrat v. · Lone Wolf v. Ethan a Hitchcock · Keim v. United States · Hynes v. Grimes Packing Co
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for the use and occupancy of the Moqui [Hopi] and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““for the purpose of determining the rights and interests of said parties in and to said lands and quieting title thereto in the tribes or Indians establishing such claims pursuant to such Executive order as may be just and fair in law and equity. The action shall be heard and determined by a district court of three judges in accordance with the provisions of title 28, United States Code, section 2284 , and any party may appeal directly to the Supreme Court from the final determination by such three judge district court.” 72 Stat. 403 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““[B]oth the identity of the holders of the vested equitable interest in these lands and the extent and nature of their respective holdings may be determined through the exercise of judicial power. . . . The conclusion necessarily follows that this court has jurisdiction to hear and determine this cause . . . . ” 174 F.Supp. at 218 .”
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.