Cramer v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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137 federal appellate · 54 district · 15 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 350 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is true that this policy has had in view the original nomadic tribal occupancy, but it is likewise true that in its essential spirit it applies to individual Indian occupancy as well; and the reasons for maintaining it in the latter case would seem to be no less cogent, since such occupancy being of a fixed character lends support to another well understood policy, namely, that of inducing the Indian to forsake his wandering habits and adopt those of civilized life. That such individual occupancy is entitled to protection finds strong support in various rulings of the Interior Department, to which in land matters this Court has always given much weight.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Dann · United States v. Dann

2. “it has been the policy of the federal government from the beginning to respect the Indian right of occupancy, which could only be interfered with or determined by the United States.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. County of Oneida New York v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York State New York · Oneida Indian Nation v. Phillips

3. “In our opinion the possession of the property in question by these Indians was within the policy and with the implied consent of the Government.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Dann · United States v. Dann