McPherson v.’s Empirical Analysis
96 U.S. 404 · 1877
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 6 district · 73 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 138 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2017 · most notably Eva Ingersoll v. Joseph a Coram a H (1908), Warner v. Texas P Ry Co (1896)
25 federal appellate · 6 district · 73 state decisions — followed in 27 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 Prevost v. Gratz · In re Paschal · Eyre v. Potter · Clark v. Pendleton
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 138 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Sec. 1876. In the following cases an agreement is void unless the same or some note or memorandum thereof expressing the consideration be in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged or by his lawfully authorized agent: “(1) An agreement that by its terms is not to be performed within a year from the making thereof; “(2) An agreement to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another; “(6) An agreement for leasing for a longer period than one year, or for the sale of real property, or of any interest therein, or to charge or incumber the same.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““did not agree to pay any of the costs, they did not agree to take any part of the land, which was the subject of the suit, for their compensation, nor did they agree to take anything but money.” 96 U. S. 416 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jones v. Pettingill
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.