Lamb v. Cramer’s Empirical Analysis
285 U.S. 217 · 1932
Citation profile
110 federal appellate · 9 district · 46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 246 later decisions (24 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2024 · most notably United States v. United Mine Workers of America (1947), Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock (1988)
110 federal appellate · 9 district · 46 state decisions — followed in 12 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
reviewedCramer v. Lamb (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co. · Weems v. United States · Shaffer v. Carter · Bessette v. W. B. Conkey Co. · Metcalf Brothers Company v. Benjamin Barker Jr
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 246 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““His receipt and diversion of the properly, which was then in gremio legis * * * tended to defeat any decree which the court might ultimately make in the cause. That and his retention of the property after the decree was entered, were in fraud of.the rights of the plaintiffs to prosecute the suit to its conclusion, and an obstruction of justice constituting, a contempt of court which might be proceeded against civilly.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is the purpose of the punishment rather, than the character of the act punished, which determines whether the proceeding is for civil or criminal contempt.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Foreman v. Foreman“in aid of the adjudication sought in the principal suit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nye v. United States
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.