State of Kansas v. State of Colorado’s Empirical Analysis
206 U.S. 46 · 1907
Citation profile
130 federal appellate · 82 district · 116 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 655 later decisions (137 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2024 · most notably Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority (1936), Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. (1911)
130 federal appellate · 82 district · 116 state decisions — followed in 23 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 Boyd v. United States · Hans v. State of Louisiana · M'Culloch v. State of Maryland · Hurtado v. People of the State of California · Cohens v. Virginia
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 655 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As to those lands within the limits of the states, at least of the Western states, the national government is the most considerable owner, and has power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting its property. We do hot mean that its, legislation can override state laws in respect to the general subject of reclamation.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“settle that dispute in such a way as will recognize the equal rights of both and at the same time establish justice between them.”
3 later decisions 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.