Smith v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The legislature may establish new rules of evidence, in derogation of the common law, but the judicial power is limited to the rule laid down.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bruce v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1855-02-14· cited 45×
• Celanese Corporation of America and Federal Insurance Company v. Vandalia Warehouse Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1970-04-15· cited 38×
• Harris v. Doe, on the Demise of Barnett
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1837-11-30· cited 21×
• State v. Gustafson
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1985-01-03· cited 19×
• Carter v. South Carolina Coastal Council
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-03-26· cited 16×
• Miller v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-03-31· cited 12×
• Soule v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1879-11-10· cited 11×
• Cutts & Johnson v. Hardee
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1868-12-15· cited 10×
• Rockbridge Associates, Ltd. v. Pruitt
  N.D. Georgia· 1971-09-30· cited 6×
• Harvey v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1899-10-09· cited 3×
• United States v. National Bank of the Republic
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1883-03-13
• United States v. Pierson
  Eighth Circuit· 1906-04-23
• A.H. v. N.Y. State Dep't of Health
  Second Circuit· 2025-08-13