Simon v. Craft’s Empirical Analysis
182 U.S. 427 · 1901
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 11 district · 156 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 294 later decisions (24 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2017 · most notably Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1934), Frank v. Mangum (1915)
40 federal appellate · 11 district · 156 state decisions — followed in 32 states
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 Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Schmidt · Armstrong v. United States · Craft v. Simon · Fore v. Fore
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 294 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The due process clause of the fourteenth amendment does not necessitate that the proceeding in the state court should be by a particular mode, but only that there shall be a regular course of proceedings, in which notice is given of the claim asserted, and an opportunity afforded to defend against it.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The essential elements of due process of law are notice and opportunity to defend. - In determining whether such rights were denied we are governed by the substance of things and not by mere form. * * * The due process clause of the fourteenth amendment does not necessitate that the proceedings in a state court should be by a particular mode, but only that there shall be a regular course of proceedings in which notice is given of the claim asserted and an opportunity afforded to defend against it.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“At any time after the inquisition, the person ascertained to be of unsound mind, by himself or by next friend, may apply in writing to the court of probate for a revocation of the proceedings against him and of the letters of guardianship, the application to be accompanied by the certificate in writing of two physicians or of two other competent persons stating that, after examination of such person, they believe him to be of sound mind.”
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.