Whitney v. George Dick’s Empirical Analysis
202 U.S. 132 · 1906
Citation profile
92 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 174 later decisions (43 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2008 · most notably Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann (1943), United State v. Morgan (1954)
92 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Ex parte Lange · Burrus · Lau Ow Bew v. United States · Ex Parte Chetwood · Ex parte Parks
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 174 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] court of appeals has the power, under the `all writs' act, to issue a writ ... `where it may be necessary for the exercise of a jurisdiction already existing.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The several justices and judges of the said courts, within their respective jurisdictions, shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of restraint of liberty.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McNally v. Hill · Ex parte Craig““The Supreme Court and the Circuit and District Courts shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Craig v. Hecht · Ex parte Craig
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.