Brown v. Heinen’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 112 · 28 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on Covington Oil Co. v. Jones · Duval v. Bathrick · Kentucky Coal Lands Co. v. Mineral Development Co. · Lavietes v. Ferro Stamping & Mfg. Co. · Elk Garden Co. v. T. W. Thayer Co.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Where there is an order for a change of venue in a case not authorized by law, the court to which the transfer is ordered may direct the case to be retransferred. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * the power to remand would seem incident to the court’s power to determine whether it possesses jurisdiction over the case.””
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.