United States v. Colvard’s Empirical Analysis
89 F.2d 312 · 1937
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently May 2006 · most notably Nettie S. Crowe, a Member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Inc., and Eastern Cherokee Tribe of Indians, United States of America, Nettie S. Crowe, a Member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Inc., Eastern Cherokee Tribe of Indians, and United States of America, Nettie S. Crowe, a Member of the Eastern Bank of Cherokee Indians v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Inc. v. Living Heirs of William T. Saunooke, Deceased, Intervenors (1974), Haile v. Saunooke (1957)
18 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 311 · 25 U.S.C. § 331 (White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985) · 25 U.S.C. § 461 · 25 U.S.C. § 465 · 28 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on Watson v. Sutherland · Archer v. Greenville Sand & Gravel Co. · United States v. Wright · Stearns-Roger Mfg. Co. v. Brown · California Development Co. v. New Liverpool Salt Co.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The controlling fact is that the United States, in a proper exercise of governmental power, has accepted the conveyance of the title to lands for the benefit of these wards of the nation. Having done so, it may bring, in the proper District Court of the United States, any suit necessary or proper for the protection of the lands or the rights of the Indians therein.””
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.