Ober v. Gallagher’s Empirical Analysis
93 U.S. 199 · 1876
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 10 district · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 126 later decisions (16 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2012 · most notably Burgess v. Seligman (1882), Byers v. McAuley (1893)
35 federal appellate · 10 district · 20 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 Sheldon v. Sill · Strawbridge v. Curtiss · The Louisville Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company v. Thomas W Letson · Corporation of New-Orleans v. Winter · Shields v. Thomas
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 126 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Having obtained rightful jurisdiction of the parties and the subject-matter of the action for one purpose, the court will make its jurisdiction effectual for complete relief.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The note was no longer in existence as an outstanding liability. It had been merged in the' judgment, and was, as a note, extinguished. Gallagher no longer claims as the assignee of the note, but as the owner of a judgment in his favor against Thompson.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sullivan v. Ayer“although the court has obtained rightful jurisdiction of the parties and subject matter of the action for one purpose, it cannot proceed to adjudicate another subject matter embraced in the suit, of which it is expressly forbidden to take cognizance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Blacklock v. Small
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.