Griswold v. Harker’s Empirical Analysis
62 F. 389 · 1894
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently May 1920
15 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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 Washburn Moen Manuf'G Co v. Beat 'Em All Barbed-Wire Co · Loom Company v. Higgins · Seymour v. Osborne · Consolidated Safety-Valve Co v. Crosby Steam Gage Value · McCormick v. Talcott
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) “In a waffle iron, the hinge upon which the pan opens, provided with one of the journals or pivots on which the pan is rotated.” (2) “The journals or pivots on which the pan rotates, formed upon or connected, one with the hinge upon which the pan opens, and the other on the handle for rotating and opening said pan.” (3) “The waffle-iron frame or ring provided with the enlargement or projection on one side, as described, forming the socket for the hinge of the pan and a support for the lid when raised, substantially as described.””
2 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.