Hubbard v. Fort’s Empirical Analysis
188 F. 987 · 1911
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 1980
4 federal appellate · 2 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 United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. · United States v. Bellingham Bay Boom Co. · Stockton v. Baltimore & N. Y. R. · Cobb v. Commissioners of Lincoln Park · Kansas Natural Gas Co. v. Haskell
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“within the meaning of Section 10 of the Act, is to be liberally construed. The statute proscribes the creation of any obstruction to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States unless affirmatively authorized by Congress. The statute goes on in the second and third clauses to permit certain activities in navigable waters, provided that they proceed on plans”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(t)he initial authorization to create an obstruction must rest on express and not implied Congressional authority. . . . The approval or funding of a facility does not compromise Congress's right to control its operation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“either before or after completion of the structure, unless the modification of such plans”
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.