Foster v. Goddard’s Empirical Analysis
66 U.S. 506 · 1861
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions (7 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2023
1 federal appellate · 2 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 George Harrison v. Henry Nixon · Simms v. Guthrie
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“which he is at liberty to do at any time, by giving said Goddard so much notice that any voyage he may have commenced previous to receipt of such advice, shall receive the full benefit of all said Foster’s services to its final accomplishment, and not otherwise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goddard v. Foster“to. the full extent of his interest and-means, for all the losses that may be made in the business, as also for all the risks and casualties attendant thereon.-”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goddard v. Foster“I am very glad to learn your decision to join the house, it being what I would have advised for your own interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goddard v. Foster
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.