The Defender’s Empirical Analysis
201 F. 189 · 1912
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
July 1927
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Relies on The Garden City · The S. A. McCaulley · The Hoffmans
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The proceeding is intended for the purpose of limiting liability' and this presupposes that the liability to be limited might exceed the limit; that is, that there might be personal liability beyond that of the res involved.””
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.