Wells v. Roper’s Empirical Analysis
1916
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
March 1918
most recently cited
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Noble v. Union River Logging Railroad
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“18. That all acts done by the. First Assistant Postmaster General in respect of this contract shall be deemed and taken, for all purposes, to be the acts of the' Postmaster General, within the meaning and intent of this contract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wells v. Roper
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.