Banks v. Ogden’s Empirical Analysis
69 U.S. 57 · 1864
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 7 district · 70 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions (16 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2026 · most notably Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson (1912), Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois (1892)
8 federal appellate · 7 district · 70 state decisions — followed in 24 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 Johnston v. Jones · Case v. Brown
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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Almost all jurists and legislators, . . . both ancient and modern, have agreed that the owner of the land thus bounded is entitled to these additions.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The question is-well settled- at.common law, that the person whose land is .bounded' by-'a 'stream of water which changes its course, gradually by alluvial formations, shall still hold by the sanie boundary, including {he accumulated soil. No other rule can. be applied on just principles. Every pro prietor whose land is thus bounded is subject to loss by the same means which may add to his territory'; and, as he is without remedy for his loss in this way, he cannot be held accountable for' his gain.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““The limitation certainly could not affect any suit, the cause of which accrued from the adverse possession taken after the bankruptcy, until the expiration of two years from the time of such possession. ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Phelan v. O'Brien
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.