Moran v. Dillingham’s Empirical Analysis
174 U.S. 153 · 1899
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2003 · most notably Nguyen v. United States (2003), Armour Packing Co. v. Lacy (1906)
25 federal appellate · 5 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co. v. Texas Central Railway Co. · American Construction Co v. Jacksonville T K W Ry Co Same
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no justice or judge before whom a cause or question may have been tried or heard in a district court, or existing circuit court, shall sit on the trial or hearing of such cause or question in the circuit court of appeals.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Nothing contained in this decree is intended to affect, or shall be construed as affecting, the receivership of any of the property of the defendant railway company, other than the property so transferred to said purchasers, possession of which said property other than that so transferred is retained for further administration subject to the order of this court.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dillingham v. Moran“be constituted of judges uncommitted and uninfluenced by having expressed or formed an opinion in the court of first instance”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Partington v. Gedan
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.