United States v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
23 U.S. 246 · 1825
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 7 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2001 · most notably Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. (1974), Brown v. Walker (1896)
33 federal appellate · 7 district · 9 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.
Relationships
Relies on Welch v. Mandeville · Andrews v. Beecker · Lachomette v. Thomas · Jones v. Shore's Executor
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It has .been decided “that the Secretary had authority, under that act, to remit a 'forfeiture, at any time before or after a final decree or judgment, until the money was actually paid over to the collector for distribution.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that all writs of execution upon any judgments obtained for the use of the United States, in any of the courts of the United States, in one state, may run and be executed in any other state, but shall be issued from, and made returnable to, the court where the judgment was obtained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The discretionary power exercised by the court below, in this instance [appointing counsel], was essential to the administration of justice, whenever the district-attorney refuses to act, or is interested, or in case of his death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Theodore Olson
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.