The Oregon’s Empirical Analysis
45 F. 62 · 1891
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 8 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 1915
5 federal appellate · 8 district ·
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 The Harrisburg · The Max Morris · The " Scotland" · The "North Star" · Ex parte McNiel
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action at law therefor against the latter, if the former might have maintained an action, had he lived, against the latter, for an injury done by the same act or omission.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The Alaska““Every boat or vessel used in navigating the waters of this state * * * shall be liable and subject to a lien * * * for all * * * damages or injuries done to persons or px’operty by such boat or vessel.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The Alaska
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.