Smith v. Pacific Railroad’s Empirical Analysis
1875
Citation profile
5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently October 1942
5 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.
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.
“"The lease was made under this act and by its authority, and, however singular the above provision [referring to the provision making the lessor company liable as if it operated the road itself] may seem, it was accepted by the companies, who bought and sold under it. This construction seems plain. * * * Both corporations are expressly declared liable—the leasing corporation the same as though no lease had been made.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a corporation in this State, leasing its road to a corporation of another State, shall remain liable, as if it operated the road itself.”
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.