Beavers v. Haubert’s Empirical Analysis
198 U.S. 77 · 1905
Citation profile
267 federal appellate · 59 district · 364 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 842 later decisions (28 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably Barker v. Wingo (1972), United States v. Marion (1971)
267 federal appellate · 59 district · 364 state decisions — followed in 43 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 Pennoyer v. Neff · Covell v. Heyman · Byers v. McAuley · Taylor v. Taintor
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 842 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The right of a speedy trial is necessarily relative. It is consistent with delays and depends upon circumstances. It secures rights to a defendant. It does not preclude the rights of public justice.”
47 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Undoubtedly a defendant is entitled to a speedy trial and by a jury of the district where it is alleged the offense was- committed. This is the injunction of the Constitution, but suppose he is charged with more than one crime, to which does the right attach? He may be guilty of none of them, he may be guilty of all. He cannot be tried for all at the same time, and his rights must be considered with regard to the practical administration of justice.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Finton v. Lane · State v. Lott
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.