Grannis v. Ordean’s Empirical Analysis
234 U.S. 385 · 1914
Citation profile
252 federal appellate · 117 district · 555 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,339 later decisions (67 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2026 · most notably Mathews v. Eldridge (1976), Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. (1950)
252 federal appellate · 117 district · 555 state decisions — followed in 47 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 Pennoyer v. Neff · Windsor v. McVeigh · Lafayette Insurance v. French · John Roller v. Stephen Holly
Cited together with Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Armstrong v. Manzo · Goldberg v. Kelly · Mathews v. Eldridge · Morrissey v. Brewer
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 1,339 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fundamental requisite of due process of law is the opportunity to be heard.”
35 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““But the inherent authority of the states over the titles to lands within their respective borders carries with it, of necessity, the jurisdiction to determine rights and interests claimed therein by persons resident beyond the territorial limits of the state, and upon whom the ordinary judicial process cannot be served. The logical result is that a state, through its courts, may proceed to judgment respecting the ownership of lands within its limits, upon constructive notice to the parties concerned who reside beyond tbe reach of process.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cushing v. Cummings · Gill v. More“the well-known skill of postal officials and employees in making proper delivery of letters defectively addressed.”
2 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.