Vieux’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 7 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably Mendocino Environmental Center v. Mendocino County (1999), Gilbrook v. City of Westminster (1999)
4 federal appellate · 7 district · 12 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 Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Aetna Life Ins Co of Hartford Conn v. Haworth · Kahn v. Grant · Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · Goldsboro Christian Schools, Inc. v. United States
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) Whenever public lands which have been [may be] granted to railroads for use as right-of-way and 2) Use and occupancy of the land for such purposes has ceased a) by forfeiture, or b) by abandonment (1) as decreed by a court with jurisdiction, or (2) as declared by an Act of Congress then, 3) All right/title/interest of the United States in such lands shall be transferred to and vested in any person or entity to whom the United States has granted title by a conveyance purporting to convey lands traversed by a railroad.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A civil conspiracy is a combination of two or more persons who, by some concerted action, intend to accomplish some unlawful objective for the purpose of harming another which results in damage.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Paul Gilbrook Michael Garrison Don Herr Hal Raphael Dana Bowler Joe Wilson, Davis, Reno & Courtney, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. City of Westminster Charles v. Smith Craig Schweisinger Tony Lam Don S. Anderson John T. Demonaco Brian Mayhew, Paul Gilbrook Michael Garrison Don Herr Hal Raphael Dana Bowler Westminster Fire Fighters Association, Local 2425 Joe Wilson International Association of Fire Fighters, Afl-Cio, Davis, Reno & Courtney, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. City of Westminster Charles v. Smith Craig Schweisinger Tony Lam Don S. Anderson John T. Demonaco Brian Mayhew, Paul Gilbrook Michael Garrison Don Herr Hal Raphael Dana Bowler Westminster Fire Fighters Association, Local 2425 International Association of Fire Fighters, Afl-Cio Joe Wilson, Davis, Reno & Courtney, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. City of Westminster Charles v. Smith Craig Schweisinger Tony Lam Don S. Anderson John T. Demonaco Brian Mayhew · Gilbrook“reached a unity of purpose or a common design and understanding, or a meeting of the minds in an unlawful arrangement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Paul Gilbrook Michael Garrison Don Herr Hal Raphael Dana Bowler Joe Wilson, Davis, Reno & Courtney, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. City of Westminster Charles v. Smith Craig Schweisinger Tony Lam Don S. Anderson John T. Demonaco Brian Mayhew, Paul Gilbrook Michael Garrison Don Herr Hal Raphael Dana Bowler Westminster Fire Fighters Association, Local 2425 Joe Wilson International Association of Fire Fighters, Afl-Cio, Davis, Reno & Courtney, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. City of Westminster Charles v. Smith Craig Schweisinger Tony Lam Don S. Anderson John T. Demonaco Brian Mayhew, Paul Gilbrook Michael Garrison Don Herr Hal Raphael Dana Bowler Westminster Fire Fighters Association, Local 2425 International Association of Fire Fighters, Afl-Cio Joe Wilson, Davis, Reno & Courtney, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. City of Westminster Charles v. Smith Craig Schweisinger Tony Lam Don S. Anderson John T. Demonaco Brian Mayhew · Gilbrook
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.