Coppedge v. Clinton’s Empirical Analysis
72 F.2d 531 · 1934
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently September 2011 · most notably 216 F. Supp. 709 - United States v. United Air Lines, Inc. (1962), Orville E. Stifel, II v. William F. Hopkins, Esq. (1973)
15 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 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 Slaughter-House Cases the Butchers' Benevolent Association of New Orleans v. The Crescent City Live · McClellan v. Carland · Paul v. Virginia · Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co. · Thompson v. Whitman
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether an incompetent may change his domicile depends on the extent to which his reason is impaired. A comparatively slight degree of understanding is required. It is sufficient if he understands the nature and effect of his act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * But a person not under legal restraint, who has reached his majority and possesses the requisite mental capacity, may change his domicile at will. The right to change one’s domicile is a natural right, (citing cases)””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Groseclose v. Rice““ * * * The mere fact that a person is of unsound mind does not necessarily preclude him from changing his state domicile if he still has lucid intervals or sufficient mental capacity to elect a new domicile. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Groseclose v. Rice
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.