Dynes v. Hoover’s Empirical Analysis
61 U.S. 65 · 1857
Citation profile
89 federal appellate · 39 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 308 later decisions (56 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2022 · most notably Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. (1982), Parker v. Levy (1974)
89 federal appellate · 39 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 Griffith v. Frazier · Mills v. Martin · Bigelow v. Stearns · Smith v. Shaw
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 308 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Notwithstanding the apparent indeterminateness of such a provision, it is not liable to abuse; for what those crimes are, and how they are to be punished, is well known by practical men in the navy and army, and by those who have studied the law of courts-martial, and the offenses of which the different courts-martial have cognizance. With the sentences of courts-martial which have been convened regularly, and have proceeded legally, and by which punishments are directed, not forbidden by law, or which are according to the laws and customs of the sea, civil courts have nothing to do, nor are they in any way alterable by them. If it were otherwise, the civil courts would virtually administer the rules and articles oí war, irrespective of those to whom that duty and obligation has been confided by the laws of the United States.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Among the powers conferred upon Congress by the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution, are the following: ‘To provide and maintain a navy;’ ‘to make rules for the government of the land and naval forces.’ And the Fifth Amendment, which requires a presentment of a grand jury in coses of capital or otherwise infamous crime, expressly excepts from its operation ‘cases arising in the land or naval forces.’ And by the second section of the second article of the Constitution it is declared that: ‘The President shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, and of tho militia of the several .states when called into the actual service of the United States.’ These provisions show that Congress has the power to provide for the trial and iranishmont of military and naval offenses in the manner then and now practiced by civilized nations, and that the power to do so is given without any connection between it and the third article of the Constitution defining the judicial power of tho United States; indeed, that the two powers are entirely independent of each other.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress has the power to provide for the trial and punishment of military and naval offences in the manner then and now practiced by civilized nations; and ... the power to do so is given without any connection between it and the 3d article of the Constitution defining the judicial power of the United States; indeed, ... the two powers are entirely independent of each other.”
4 later decisions 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.