Bowers v. Neil’s Empirical Analysis
1912
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 1925
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Law v. People ex rel. Huck · Koppikus v. State Capitol Comm'rs · People ex rel. McCullough v. Pacheco · Beard v. City of Hopkinsville · Simon v. Northup
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whether a county road becomes a street when included within the corporate limits of a city depends upon the intention of the legislature as gathered from the city charter, general laws and the whole course of legislation on the subject.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A county government is an arm of the state; so also is a city, acting in its public or governmental capacity, and at the time of the enactment of the several charters referred to the legislature had power to impose upon a county the duty of building, maintaining, and repairing a bridge, on a county road within the limits of a city of the county. These municipal corporations are a part of the sovereign family, and it is appropriate that the state should direct and control their government in a manner not inconsistent with the Constitution.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cole v. Seaside
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.