Ames v. People’s Empirical Analysis
1898
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
3
states following
November 1916
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Welton v. The State of Missouri · Hopt v. People · Ward v. Maryland · Brennan v. City of Titusville · Walling v. People of the State of Michigan
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A state, through its legislature, may require a license to engage in any trade, business or profession, but such license must be uniform, and not discriminate in favor of one class and against another, nor in favor of its own citizens as against those of other states, or require a license which will constitute a regulation of interstate commerce. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Farr
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.