Green v. Frazier’s Empirical Analysis
253 U.S. 233 · 1920
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 15 district · 190 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 329 later decisions (59 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2021 · most notably Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Same (1925), Sorrells v. United States (1932)
20 federal appellate · 15 district · 190 state decisions — followed in 37 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 Albert Twining v. State of New Jersey · German Alliance Insurance Company v. Ike Lewis · Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. McGuire · Fallbrook Irrigation District v. Bradley · Loan Association v. Topeka
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 329 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * The taxing power of the states is primarily vested in their Legislatures, deriving their authority from the people. When a state Legislature acts within the scope of its authority it is responsible to the people, and their right to change the agents to whom they have intrusted the power is ordinarily deemed a sufficient check upon its abuse. When the constituted authority of the state undertakes to exert the taxing power, and the question of the validity of its action is brought before this court, every presumption in its favor is indulged, and only clear and demonstrated usurpation of power will authorize judicial interference with legislative action."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Questions of policy are not submitted to judicial determination, and the courts have no general authority of supervision over the exercise of discretion which under our system is reposed in the people or other branches of government.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The Home Building Act declares the purpose of the State to engage in the enterprise of providing homes for its residents and to that end to establish a business system operated by it under the name of ‘The Home Building Association of North Dakota’; and defines its duties and the extent of its powers. [Laws 1919, c. 150.] The Industrial Commission is placed in control of ‘The Home Building Association,’ and is given the power of eminent domain, and the right to purchase and lease the requisite property. Provision is made for the formation of home building unions. The price of town homes is placed at $5,000, and of farm homes at $10,000. A bond issue of $2,000,000, known as ‘Bonds oí North Dakota Home Building Series,’ is provided for.””
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.