Duncan Townsite Do v. Lane’s Empirical Analysis
245 U.S. 308 · 1917
Citation profile
124 federal appellate · 15 district · 91 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 297 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2023 · most notably Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority (1936), State of Missouri Gaines v. Canada (1938)
124 federal appellate · 15 district · 91 state decisions — followed in 25 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · Stephens v. Cherokee Nation · Sarah Boone v. William Chiles · Michigan Land & Lumber Co. v. Rust
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 297 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is awarded, not as a matter of right, but in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a)lthough classed as a legal remedy, its (a writ of mandamus') issuance is largely controlled by equitable principles.”
3 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.