The United States v. Don Fernando De La Maza Arredondo’s Empirical Analysis
31 U.S. 691 · 1832
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 19 district · 106 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 346 later decisions (68 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2015 · most notably Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. (1970), Baker v. Carr (1962)
43 federal appellate · 19 district · 106 state decisions — followed in 35 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 Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward · Barr v. Gratz's heirs · John Green v. John Liter · Jones v. Fales
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 346 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ The power to hear and determine a cause is jurisdiction ; it is ‘ coram judice, ’ whenever a case is presented which brings this power into action ; if the petitioner states such a case in his petition that on a demurrer the court would render judgment in his favor, it is an undoubted case of jurisdiction.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ft is a universal principle lliai, where power or jurisdiction is delegated to any public officer or tribunal oyer a subject-matter, and its exercise is confided io Ms or their discretion, tlio acts so done are binding and valid asió the subject-matter; and individual lights will not be disturbed collaterally for anything done in the exercise of tiiat -discretion within the authority and powers conferred. The only questions which can arise, between an individual claiming a right under the acts done and the public or any person denying its validity, are power in the officer and fraud in tire party. All other questions are settled by the decision made or the act done by the tribunal or officer, whether executive, legislative, judicial, or special, unless an appeal is provided for, or other revision by some appellate or superior tribunal is prescribed by law.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The law deems every man to be in the legal seisin and possession of land to which he has a perfect and complete title. This seisin and possession is coextensive with his right, and continues till he is ousted thereof by an actual adverse possession.””
2 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.