In Re Peterson’s Empirical Analysis
253 U.S. 300 · 1920
Citation profile
519 federal appellate · 145 district · 180 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,294 later decisions (88 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore (1979), Brown v. Allen (1953)
519 federal appellate · 145 district · 180 state decisions — followed in 32 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 McClellan v. Carland · Albert Twining v. State of New Jersey · Virginia v. Rives · Capital Traction Co. v. Hof
Cited together with La Buy v. Howes Leather Co. · Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co. · Galloway v. United States · In Re Simons · Los Angeles Brush Mfg Corporation v. James
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 1,294 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The use of masters is 'to aid judges in the performance of specific judicial duties, as they may arise in the progress of a cause,' and not to displace the court.”
32 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No one is entitled in a civil case to trial by jury unless and except so far as there are issues of fact to be determined.”
23 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court possesses the inherent power to supply itself”
5 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.