Blanset v. Cardin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

59 federal appellate · 12 district · 28 state decisions

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 131 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our conclusion is the same as that of the Court of Appeals, ‘that it was the intention of Congress that this class of Indians should have the right to dispose of property by will under this act of Congress, free from restrictions on the part of the state as to the portions to be conveyed or as to the objects of the testator’s bounty, provided such wills are in accordance with the regulations and meet the approval of the Secretary of the Interi- or.’”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sperry Oil & Gas Co. v. Chisholm · Akers v. Morton

2. ““And there can be no doubt that the act was the suggestion of the Interior Department, and its construction is an assistant, if not demonstrative criterion, of the meaning and purpose of the act. Swigart v. Baker, 229 U. S. 187 , 33 S. Ct. 645 , 57 L. Ed. 1143 ; Jacobs v. Prichard, 223 U. S. 200 , 32 S. Ct. 289 , 56 L. Ed. 405 ; United States v. Cerecedo Hermanos, 209 U. S. 337 , 28 S. Ct. 532 , 52 L. Ed. 821 . And the regulations of the department are administrative of the act and partake of its legal force.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cully v. Mitchell

3. “in accordance with regulations to: be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior,’’ and that no will “ shall be valid or have any force or effect unless and until it shall have been approved”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Blundell v. Wallace