Pillisz v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
46 F.2d 769 · 1931
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently April 1994
5 federal appellate · 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 Weedin v. Tayokichi Yamada · Lauria v. United States · United States ex rel. Allessio v. Day · Grkic v. United States
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We know of no greater moral law than that which discountenances the taking of human life without excuse, and one who violates it is to that extent morally depraved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. S
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.