In re American Boiler Works, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
220 F.2d 319 · 1955
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2005 · most notably City of Detroit v. Murray Corp. of America (1958), Krisel v. Duran (1966)
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. · United States v. Kennedy · United States v. Davies · In re American Boiler Works, Inc.
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“But one does not need a citation of decided cases to understand the language ... of the contract between the parties. It is as clear as English words can make it. The title, both as to the vessels and to materials, vested in the government with no ifs, ands or buts. And without any mention of payment as a prerequisite thereto.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Regardless of whether the reason back of the [title vesting] provision is benefi-cient or harsh, however, here we have the sovereign making a contract. In the absence of constitutional inhibitions the sovereign can make such contract as it pleases and no one can object.”
2 later decisions 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.