Illinois v. Kentucky’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2019 · most notably Texaco Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Department of Consumer Affairs (1995), State of Kansas v. State of Colorado (1995)
7 federal appellate · 14 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 Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · Block v. North Dakota Board of University and School Lands North Dakota Board of University and School Lands · Guaranty Trust Co of New York v. United States · City of Long Beach v. Southwest Aircraft Services, Inc. · Perry v. Louisiana
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to the Special Master for such further proceedings as may be necessary to prepare and submit an appropriate decree for adoption by the Court, locating the 1792 line.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“`show by a preponderance of the evidence ... a long and continuous... assertion of sovereignty over'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Virginia v. Maryland“the laches defense is generally inapplicable against a State”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.