Truskett v. Closser’s Empirical Analysis
236 U.S. 223 · 1915
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 3 district · 36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2024 · most notably Roberson v. Pioneer Gas Co. (1931), Miami Corporation v. State (1936)
22 federal appellate · 3 district · 36 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedTruskett v. Closser (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Tiger v. Western Investment Co. · United States v. First National Bank · Fox v. Washington · Jefferson v. Winkler
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““That all lands other than homesteads allotted to members of the Five Civilized Tribes from which restrictions have not been removed may be leased by the allottee if an adult, or by guardian or curator under order of the proper probate court if a minor or incompetent, for a period not to exceed five years, without the privilege of renewal: Provided, 1hat leases of restricted lands for oil, gas or other mining purposes, leases of restricted homesteads for more than one year, and leases of restricted lands for periods of more than five years, may be made, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, under rules and regulations provided by the Secretary of the Interior, and not otherwise: And provided further, that the jurisdiction of the probate courts of the state of Oklahoma over lands of minors and incompetents shall be subject to the foregoing provisions, and the term minor or minors, as used in this act, shall include all males under the age of twenty-one years and all females under the age of eighteen years.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““That the persons and property [italics mine] of minor allottees of the Five Civilized Tribes shall, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, be subject toithe jurisdiction of the probate courts of the State of Oklahoma.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rogers v. Rogers · Brewer v. Dodson““Allotted lands stall not be subjected or held liable, to any form of personal claim, or demand, against the allottees arising or existing prior to the removal •of restrictions, other than contracts heretofore expressly permitted by law ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barbre v. Hood · Posey v. Abraham
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.