7 E.H. Smith 188 - Colon v. . Lisk’s Empirical Analysis
1897
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 94 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 117 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2007 · most notably Buttfield v. Stranahan (1904), Union Bridge Company v. United States (1907)
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 94 state decisions — followed in 17 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 Lawton v. Steele · Matter of Application of Jacobs · People v. . Gillson · Wynehamer v. . the People · The People v. . Marx
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 117 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Under that power, persons and property may be subjected to necessary restraints and burdens to secure the general public good. That that power exists is. undenied; That it is necessary to the proper maintenance of the government of the state and the general welfare of the community must also be admitted. Although it includes everything essential to the safety, health, morals, and general good of the public, it is by no means unlimited.””
1 later decision 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.