Aggers v. Shaffer’s Empirical Analysis
256 F. 648 · 1919
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently October 1941
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 Joseph Guffey v. James a Smith · Rich v. Doneghey · Joseph Guffey v. Susannah Smith · Northwestern Oil & Gas Co. v. Branine · Brown v. Wilson
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The lease [there under consideration] was for the term of five years, and as much longer as oil or gas was found in paying quantities. The lessee paid the lessors $120 as consideration at the execution of the lease, and contracted to drill a well on the premises within twelve months, or thereafter pay the lessors a rental of $120 per annum, quarterly in advance, until the well was commenced. If a well was driven and oil or gas found, the lessors were to receive substantial returns therefrom. The lessee had the right at any time to surrender the lease for cancellation upon paying the lessors one dollar, provided he exercised it before bringing any suit or action to enforce its terms.””
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.