Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co.’s Empirical Analysis
304 U.S. 518 · 1938
Citation profile
85 federal appellate · 46 district · 81 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 363 later decisions (67 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2020 · most notably Craig v. Boren (1976), Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias (1984)
85 federal appellate · 46 district · 81 state decisions — followed in 18 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.
Relationships
Relies on James v. Dravo Contracting Co. · Fort Leavenworth Co v. Lowe · Kohl v. United States · Surplus Trading Co. v. Cook · State Board of Equalization v. Young's Market 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 363 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A different conclusion obtains, however, with respect to the excise tax provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, laying a tax, at a specified rate per unit sold.””
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ 'The States of the Union and the National Government may make mutually satisfactory arrangements as to jurisdiction of territory within their borders and thus in a most effective way, cooperatively adjust problems flowing from our dual system of government.’ ””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The United States has large bodies of public lands. These properties are used for forests, parks, ranges, wild life sanctuaries, flood control and other purposes which are not covered by Clause 17.»”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Cline
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.