United States v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
8 F.2d 564 · 1925
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 1993 · most notably Board of County Com'rs of Creek County v. Seber (1943), Shaw v. Gibson-Zahniser Oil Corp. (1928)
22 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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 Sunderland v. United States · Brader v. James · Parker v. Richard · McCurdy v. United States · Starkweather v. Jenner
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To Have and. to Hold said afore-granted premises unto the said grantees, their heirs and assigns, forever; subject to the condition, however, that no lease, deed, mortgage, power of attorney, contract to sell, or other instrument affecting the lands herein described or the title thereto, executed before the majority of the youngest grantee, shall be of any force or effect or capable of confirmation or ratification, if executed prior to April 26, 1931, or during any additional period to which the Congress of the United States may extend the supervision of any office or Department of the Government over the lands and affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma, unless made with the consent of and approved by the Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, or such other officer as may be provided by law.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barnett v. Newcomer““To have and to. hold said described premises, onto the said grantee — heirs and assigns, forever, free and clear and discharged of all former grants, charges, taxes, judgments, mortgages, and other liens and encumbrances of whatsoever nature, subject to the condition that no lease, deed, mortgage, power of attorney, contract to sell, or other instrument affecting the land herein described or the title thereto shall be of any force and effect, unless approved by the Secretary of the Interior or the restrictions from said land are otherwise removed by operation of law.” 25 Code of Federal Regulations, § 241.44.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“no change of form of property divests it of a trust[;] [a] substitute takes the nature of the original and stands charged with the same trust”
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.