Hurley v. Kincaid’s Empirical Analysis
285 U.S. 95 · 1932
Citation profile
163 federal appellate · 27 district · 52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 462 later decisions (70 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2023 · most notably Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City (1985), Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp. (1949)
163 federal appellate · 27 district · 52 state decisions — followed in 13 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
reviewedUnited States v. Kincaid (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Cress · United States v. Arthur Lynah · Dohany v. Rogers · Lewis v. Reynolds · Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kan Ry Co
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 462 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The compensation which he may obtain in such a proceeding [suit under the Tucker Act] will be the same as that which he might have been awarded had the defendants instituted the condemnation proceedings which it is contended the statute requires.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'embarrass the accomplishment of important governmental ends, a court of equity acts with caution and only upon clear showing that its intervention is necessary in order to prevent an irreparable injury'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The Secretary of War may cause proceedings to be instituted for the acquirement by condemnation of any lands * * * needed in carrying out this project. * * * in the * * * court for the district in-which the land * * * is located. * * * The court, for the purpose of ascertaining the value of the property and assessing the compensation to be paid, shall appoint three commissioners, whose award, when confirmed by the court, shall be final. * * * The provisions of sections 594 and 595 of this title are hereby made applicable to the acquisition of lands * * * under the provisions of this Act [section].” And “any land acquired under the provisions of this section shall be turned over without cost to the ownership of States or local interests.” (Italics by the writer).”
3 later decisions 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.