Nebraska v. Wyoming’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2008
1 district · 2 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.
Relationships
Relies on State of Arizona v. State of California · State of Kansas v. State of Colorado · Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co. · State of Missouri v. State of Illinois · Ickes v. Fox Same
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any of the parties may apply at the foot of this decree for its amendment or for further relief. The Court retains jurisdiction of this suit for the purpose of any order, direction, or modification of the decree, or any supplementary decree, that may at any time be deemed proper in relation to the subject matter in controversy. Matters with reference to which further relief may hereafter be sought shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: 10 . . . . . 11 "(c) The question of the effect of the construction or threatened construction of storage capacity not now existing on tributaries entering the North Platte River between Pathfinder Reservoir and Guernsey Reservoir; 12 . . . . . 13 "(f) Any change in conditions making modification of the decree or the granting of further relief neces sary or appropriate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nebraska v. Wyoming“(c) The question of the effect of the construction or threatened construction of storage capacity not now existing on tributaries entering the North Platte River between Pathfinder Reservoir and Guernsey Reservoir; 12 . . . . . 13”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nebraska v. Wyoming“This decree shall not affect or restrict the use or diversion of water from the North Platte River and its tributaries in Colorado or Wyoming for ordinary and usual domestic, municipal and stock watering purposes and consumption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nebraska v. Wyoming
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.