Hadacheck v. Sebastian’s Empirical Analysis
239 U.S. 394 · 1915
Citation profile
215 federal appellate · 72 district · 509 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,102 later decisions (66 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2021 · most notably Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City (1978), Village of Euclid Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co (1926)
215 federal appellate · 72 district · 509 state decisions — followed in 42 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 Yick Wo v. Hopkins · Mugler v. State of Kansas State of Kansas Tufts · Joseph Lochner v. People of the State of New York · Plessy v. Ferguson · Lawton v. Steele
Cited together with Village of Euclid Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co · Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead · Agins v. City of Tiburon
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 1,102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"one of the most essential powers of government, one that is the least limitable. It may, indeed, seem harsh in its exercise, usually is on some individual, but the imperative necessity for its existence precludes any limitation upon it when not exerted arbitrarily. A vested interest cannot be asserted against it because of conditions once obtaining. Chicago & Alton R.R. v. Tranbarger, 238 U.S. 67, 78 , 35 S.Ct. 678 , 59 L.Ed. 204 . To so hold would preclude development and fix a city forever in its primitive conditions. There must be progress, and if in its march private interests are in the way they must yield to the good of the community." Hadacheck v. Sebastian, 1915, 239 U.S. 394, 410 , 36 S.Ct. 143, 145 , 60 L.Ed. 348 .”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““This is not urged as a physical impossibility, but only, counsel say, that such transportation and the transportation of the bricks to places where they could be used in construction work would be prohibitive ‘from a financial standpoint. ’ But upon the evidence the supreme court considered the case, as we understand its opinion, from the standpoint of the offensive effects of the operation of a brickyard, and not from the deprivation of the deposits of clay . . . .” (Emphasis added.) 239 U. S. at 411 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The court considered the business one which could be regulated and that regulation was not precluded by the fact ‘that the value of investments made in the business prior to any legislative action will be greatly diminished,’ and that no complaint could be based upon the fact that petitioner had been carrying on the trade in that locality for a long period.””
1 later decision 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.