United States v. Pico’s Empirical Analysis
72 U.S. 536 · 1866
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions (15 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1984 · most notably United States v. Felipe Sandoval (1913), United States v. Candelaria (1926)
2 federal appellate · 10 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.
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.
““Were there any doubt of the intention of the governor to cede all the land contained within the boundaries designated by him, it would be removed by the juridical possession delivered to the grantees. This proceeding involved an ascertainment and settlement of the boundaries of the lands granted by the appropriate officers of the government, specially designated for that purpose, and has all the force and efficacy of a judicial determination. It bound the former government, and is equally binding upon the officers of our government. “Such is the purport of the recent decision in the case of Graham v. U. S., 4 Wall. 259 [ 78 L.Ed. 334 ] [ante, 334], . In other words, the case decided that the juridical possession was conclusive as to the boundaries and extent ■iof the land granted."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“when, in Mexican grants, boundaries are given, and a limitation upon .the quantity embraced within the boundaries is intended, words expressing such intention are generally used,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The judicial possession was conclusive as to- the boundaries and extent of the land granted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pinkerton v. Ledoux
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.