Ebert v. Poston’s Empirical Analysis
266 U.S. 548 · 1925
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 9 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 118 later decisions (18 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2023 · most notably United States v. Cooper Corp. (1941), Conroy v. Aniskoff (1993)
43 federal appellate · 9 district · 19 state decisions
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.
Relationships
Relies on Shwab v. Doyle · United States v. Weitzel · Bogart v. Southern Pacific Co. · Bell v. Buffinton
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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That the period of military service shall not be included in computing any period now or hereafter to be limited by any law for the bringing of any action by or against any person in military service or by or against his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, whether such cause of action shall have accrued prior to or during the period of such service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Conroy v. Aniskoff“the ability of the defendant to comply with the terms of the obligation is not materially affected by reason of his military service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Conroy v. Aniskoff“A casus omissus does not justify judicial legislation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Langle v. Kurkul
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.