Porter v. Coble’s Empirical Analysis
246 F. 244 · 1917
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1965
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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 De La Fayette Wilcox v. John Jackson · Shurtleff v. United States · Parsons v. United States · Wolsey v. Chapman · United States v. Fletcher
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Postmasters of the first, second and third classes shall be appointed and may be removed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall hold their offices for four years unless sooner removed or suspended according to law,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““That the allegations of said petition are true to affiant’s knowledge, except such as are therein stated on information and belief, and as to such matters be believes them to be true.””
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.