Hertz v. Woodman’s Empirical Analysis
218 U.S. 205 · 1910
Citation profile
181 federal appellate · 58 district · 113 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 542 later decisions (41 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2020 · most notably Monroe v. Pape (1961), United States v. Pink (1942)
181 federal appellate · 58 district · 113 state decisions — followed in 26 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Knowlton v. Moore · United States v. Ju Toy · United States v. Pridgeon · The Delaware
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 542 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“authority for the determination of other cases, either in [the Supreme Court] or in inferior courts.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The repeal of any statute by the Legislative Assembly shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture or liability incurred under such statute, unless the repealing act shall so expressly provide and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture or liability.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hether it shall be followed or departed from is a question entirely within the discretion of the court.”
4 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.