Arthur v. Davies’s Empirical Analysis
96 U.S. 135 · 1877
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions (11 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 1892
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.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“india-rubber fabrics, composed wholly or in part of india-rubber, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“and in- four different statutes, braces and suspenders, composed wholly or in part of india-rubber, had.been a subject of duty eo nomine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Beard v. Nichols“On manufactures of india-rubber and silk, or of india-rubber and • silk and other materials, fifty per centum ad valorem.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Beard v. Nichols
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.