Crane v. Hahlo’s Empirical Analysis
258 U.S. 142 · 1922
Citation profile
98 federal appellate · 12 district · 94 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 292 later decisions (18 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2018 · most notably Crowell v. Benson (1932), Switchmen's Union of North America v. National Mediation Board (1943)
98 federal appellate · 12 district · 94 state decisions — followed in 19 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedPeople Ex Rel. Crane v. . Hahlo
Relationships
Relies on Albert Twining v. State of New Jersey · Bauman v. Ross · Backus v. Fort St Union Depot Co · Long Island Water-Supply Co v. City of Brooklyn · United States v. Jones
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 292 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“term 'contract' is used in the Constitution in its ordinary sense, as signifying the agreement of two or more minds, for considerations proceeding from one to the other, to do, or not to do certain acts. Mutual assent to its terms is of its very essence.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No one has a vested right in any given mode of procedure; and so long as a substantial and efficient remedy remains or is provided due process of law is not denied by a legislative change.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No one has a vested right in any given mode of procedure.”
3 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.