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Bluejacket v. Ewert’s Empirical Analysis

265 F. 823 · 1920

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
cited 3 times by the Supreme Court
April 1985
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Appellate journey

Relationships

Relies on Felix v. Patrick · Kelley v. Boettcher · Schrimpscher v. Stockton · MacGreal v. Taylor · May v. Sloan

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

  1. “The adult plaintiffs were free to make conveyance of this land, even though they were Indians, and [since] their tribal relations had been severed, [they] were chargeable with the same diligence as white people in discovering and pursuing their legal remedies. [ Felix v. Patrick, 145 U. S. 317 (1892)]; [ Schrimpscher v. Stockton, 183 U. S. 290 (1902)].”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “No person employed in Indian affairs shall have any interest or concern in any trade with the Indians, except for, and on account of, the United States,”
    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.