Smith v. Gibbons’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
May 1957
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hancammon v. . Carr · Pressley v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. · Daniels v. . Fowler · Railroad Co. v. Hardware Co. · Hodges v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`the thing in respect to which the plaintiff's right of action is asserted, whether it be specific property, a contract, a threatened or violated right, or other thing concerning which an action may be brought and litigation had.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Casey v. Grantham“means something which has taken place whereby a cause of action has arisen, and embraces not only contractual relations but also occurrences in the nature of tort.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Casey v. Grantham
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.