Brown v. Hecht Co.’s Empirical Analysis
137 F.2d 689 · 1943
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2025 · most notably Hecht Co. v. Bowles (1944), Roche Products, Inc. v. Bolar Pharmaceutical Co. (1984)
23 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 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. § 4 (§ 4 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 77T (§ 20 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 29 U.S.C. § 151 (§ 1 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 217 · 7 U.S.C. § 608A
Relies on Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · United States v. Balint · Escoe v. Zerbst · Swift & Co. v. United States · United States v. City & County of San Francisco
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“upon a showing by the Administrator that such person has engaged or is about to engage in any such acts or practices, a temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order or other order is to be granted without bond.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hecht Co. v. Bowles“innocent non-conformity with the Price Control Act was as inflationary and as damaging to competitors and the public as guilty nonconformity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“mistakes in pricing and listing were all made in good faith and without intent to violate the regulations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hecht Co. v. Bowles
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.