Pruess v. Udall’s Empirical Analysis
359 F.2d 615 · 1965
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2007 · most notably Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (1967), Coffey v. Van Dorn Iron Works (1986)
9 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 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 Hoffman v. Blaski · Collett Kitpatrick v. Texas and Pacific Railway Co · Local 100, United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices v. Borden · Everett Foster v. Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to grant venue in any judicial district “in which the cause of action arose, or in which any property involved in the action is situated.” The principal demand for this proposed legislation comes from those who wish to seek review of decisions relating to public lands, such as the awarding of oil and gas leases____ The applicants may reside in any State, or several States of the Union, and it would be unwise to have the Secretary sued in Maine with respect to an oil and gas lease in Wyoming. On the other hand, there is no objection to permitting one who has done business involving land in Wyoming to bring any suit concerning that land in the State where it is located.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Section 1391(e) was intended to relieve plaintiffs of the burden of litigating far from their residences, to relieve the courts in the District of Columbia of some of their case load, and to take advantage of the expertise district judges acquire in problems peculiar to their areas.”
1 later decision 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.