Goesele v. Bimeler’s Empirical Analysis
55 U.S. 589 · 1852
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Paper-Bag Cases Paper-Bag Machine Company v. Nixon (1881), Order of St Benedict of New Jersey v. Albert Steinhauser (1914)
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 13 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 Trustees of the Philadelphia Baptist Ass'n v. Hart's Executors · Ide v. Ide · People ex rel. Stanton v. Tioga C. P. · Case of Clark
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' “What is there in either of these articles that is contrary to good morals, or that is opposed to .the policy of the laws? An association of individuals is formed, under a religious influence, who are in a destitute condition, having little' to -rely on for their support but their industry, and they agree to labor in common for the good of the society, and a comfortable maintenance for each .individual; and whatever shall be acquired beyond this shall go to the common stock. This contract provides for every member of. the community, in sickness and in health, and under' whatsoever misfortune may occur. And this is equal to the independence and comforts ordinarily ■ enjoyed.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““He then' signed the first articles, which, like the amended articles, renounced individual ownership of property, and an agreement was made to labor for the: community, in common, with others, for their comfortable maintenance. All, individual • right of property became merged in the general right of the-association. ' He had no individual right, and could transmit none to his heirs.. It is 'strailge that the complainants should ask a partition through .their ancestor, when, by the terms of his contract, he could have no divisible interest. They who now enjoy the property, enjoy it under his express contract.” . ■”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.