Book v. Justice Min. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
58 F. 106 · 1893
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 5 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1983 · most notably Andrus v. Shell Oil Co. (1980), Chrisman v. Miller (1905)
19 federal appellate · 5 district · 12 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 Tilghman v. Proctor · Kimberly v. Arms · St.louis Smelting and Refining Company v. Kemp. · Belk v. Meagher · Furrer v. Ferris
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"When the locator finds rock in place, containing mineral, he has made a discovery, within the meaning of the statute, whether the rock or earth is rich or poor, whether it assays high or low. .It is the finding of the mineral in the rock in place, as distinguished from fioat rock, that constitutes the discovery, and warrants the prospector in making a location of a mining claim.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It must bo borne in mind that the veins and lodes are not always of the same character. Iu some mining districts the veins, lodes, ¡mil ore deposits are so well and clearly defined as to avoid any questions being raised. In other localities, the mineral is found in seams, narrow crevices, cracks, or fissures in the earth, the precise extent and character of which cannot be fully ascertained until expensive explorations are made, and the continuity of the ore and existence of the rock in place, bearing mineral, is established. It never was intended that the locator of a mining claim must determine all those facts before lie would be entitled, under the law, to make a valid location.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Labor and improvements within the meaning of the statute are deemed to have- been had on a mining claim whether it consists of one location or several, when the labor is performed or the improvements are made for its development — that is, to facilitate the extraction of the metals it may contain — though in -fact such labor and improvements may be on ground which originally constituted only one of the locations, as in sinking a shaft, or be at a distance from the claim itself, as where the labor is performed for the turning of a stream or the introduction of water, or where the improvement consists in'the construction of'a flume to carry off the débris or waste ma--terial.””
2 later decisions 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.