United States v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
149 F.2d 53 · 1945
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Darby · Badders v. United States · Brooks v. United States · James Clark Distilling Company v. Western Maryland Railway Company · Whitfield v. Ohio
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * It falls within the category of legislation for the public health which is a prime, as well as worthy, purpose of the government.””
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.