Matthews v. Pound’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently February 2014
7 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 Johnson v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Meredith · Coons v. State · Bennett v. Kalamazoo Circuit Judge · Poston v. Washington, Alexandria, & Mt. Vernon Railroad · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ferguson v. Gardner
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Again referring to the serious duties and responsibilities of such an inquisitorial and accusing body, it has been held that in the absence of statute a grand jury has no right to file a report reflecting on the character of conduct of public officers or citizens unless it is followed by an indictment. Coons v. State, 191 Ind. 580 , 134 N.E. 194 , 20 A.L.R. 900 ; Bennett v. Kalamazoo Circuit Judge, 183 Mich. 200 , 150 N.W. 141 , Ann.Cas. 1916E, 223. When the report does not amount to an indictment or presentment, it has been held that such report is not privileged and may be the basis for a libel action. Poston v. Washington, A. & Mt. V R. Co., 36 App.D.C. 359 , 32 L.R.A., N.S., 785. Thus, it is in the interest of the grand jurors to see that all matter which is believed to be a proper basis for future investigation and prosecution should be included in the report. Accusations with substance lacking are baseless.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bowling v. Sinnette
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.