Kahn v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
255 U.S. 1 · 1921
Citation profile
107 federal appellate · 13 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 264 later decisions (32 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2022 · most notably Baker v. Carr (1962), Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez (1963)
107 federal appellate · 13 district · 8 state decisions
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 Ex Parte Milligan · Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co. · Carter v. McClaughry · Martin v. Mott · McElrath v. United States
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 264 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]s [petitioners] remained military prisoners they were for that reason subject to military law and trial by court-martial for offenses committed during such imprisonment.”); Carter v. McClaughry, 183 U.S. 365 , 383, 22 S.Ct. 181 , 46 L.Ed. 236 (1902) (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““committed within the geographical limits of the States of the Union and the District of Columbia in time of peace.” 7”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The accused was proceeded against as an officer of the army, and jurisdiction attached in respect of him as such, which included not only the power to hear and determine the case, but the power to execute and enforce the sentence of the law. Having been sentenced, his status was that of a military prisoner held by the authority of the United States as an offender against its laws. 19”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McDonald v. Lee
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.