United States v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions

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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Either party may appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States from any final judgment or decree which may hereafter he rendered in any case by said court wherein the amount in controversy exceeds three .thousand dollars, under such regulations as said Supreme Court may direct: Provided, that such appeal shall be taken within ninety days after the rendition of such judgment.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Graves

2. ““This language implies that taking an appeal is a matter of right, and is something which the party as distinguished from court may do. When the court has rendered its judgment ‘either party may appeal’; that is, has the rignt to appeal, and may exercise that right by his own volition. The court cannot prevent it, nor is the right dependent upon any judicial discretion.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Graves

3. ““Theodore Adams v. The United States, 1886. “The United States, by E. P. Norton, its solicitor, makes application to the honorable Court of Claims for an appeal of the case of Uteodore Adams y. Tlie United States to the Supreme Court of the United States. E. P. Norton, “Solicitor for the United States.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kingsbury v. Pacific Coal & Transp. Co.