Gibson v. Hughes’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 909 · 33 U.S.C. § 920 · 33 U.S.C. § 921 · 42 U.S.C. § 1651 (Defense Base Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 1652 · 42 U.S.C. § 1653
Relies on Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States · De Sylva v. Ballentine · Ray v. Blair · Thompson v. Lawson · Oliver v. Oliver
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.
““The scope of a federal right is, of course, a federal question, but that does not mean that its content is not to be determined by state, rather than federal law. * * * This is especially true where a statute deals with a familial relationship; there is no federal law of domestic relations, which is primarily a matter of state concern.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bell v. Tug Shrike“the decedent's wife living with or dependent for support upon him at the time of his death; or living apart for justifiable cause or by reason of his desertion at such time.”
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.