United States v. Tot’s Empirical Analysis
131 F.2d 261 · 1942
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2015 · most notably Tot v. United States (1943), 70 Cal. 2d 851 - Galvan v. Superior Court (1969)
13 federal appellate · 2 district · 11 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 901 · 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956)
Relies on Agnello v. United States · United States v. Carolene Products Co. · Marron v. United States · United States v. Darby · United States v. Lefkowitz
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It was regulated by statute as to time and place as far back as the Statute of Northhampton in 1328 and on many occasions since.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is abundantly clear . . . that this amendment [was adopted] . . . as a protection for the States in the maintenance of their militia organizations against possible encroachments by the federal power.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bach v. Pataki“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.