Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis
265 U.S. 30 · 1924
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 3 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 146 later decisions (32 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 1998 · most notably Angel v. Bullington (1947), Great Northern Ry Co v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co (1932)
37 federal appellate · 3 district · 19 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Co. v. Fox · Embry v. Palmer · Union Nat Bank of Chicago v. Bank of Kansas City · Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum 419 v. Samuel Green · Hancock National Bank v. Farnum
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While the judicial proceedings of the federal courts are not within the terms of the constitutional provision, such proceedings, nevertheless, must be accorded the same full faith and credit by state courts as would be required in respect of the judicial proceedings of another state.” Supreme Lodge, K.P. v. Meyer, 265 U.S. 30, 33 , 44 S.Ct. 432, 433 , 68 L.Ed. 885 (1924). In Dupasseur v. Rochereau, 21 Wall. 130 , 88 U.S. 130 , 22 L.Ed. 588 (1874), the Supreme Court offered the opinion that:”
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.