Lem Woon v. State of Oregon’s Empirical Analysis
229 U.S. 586 · 1913
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 5 district · 135 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 253 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2017 · most notably Gerstein v. Pugh (1975), Albright v. Oliver (1994)
58 federal appellate · 5 district · 135 state decisions — followed in 30 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 Hurtado v. People of the State of California · Maxwell v. Dow · Dowdell v. United States · Davis v. Burke
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 253 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““But since, as this court has so often held, the ‘due process of law’ clause does not require the State to adopt the institution and procedure of a grand jury, we are unable to see upon what theory it can be held that an examination, or the opportunity for one, prior to the formal accusation by the district attorney, is obligatory upon the States.” 9”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Goyer v. State““The constitution and laws of Oregon . . , did not require any examination, or commitment by a magistrate, as a condition precedent to the institution of a prosecution by an information filed by the district attorney, nor require any verification other than his official oath.” Id. at 587 , 33 S.Ct. at 783 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pugh v. Rainwater
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.