United States v. Swift & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
270 U.S. 124 · 1926
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 3 district · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions (12 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2017 · most notably Sinclair Refining Co. v. Jenkins Petroleum Process Co. (1933), United States v. Esnault-Pelterie (1938)
16 federal appellate · 3 district · 25 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 Bitterman v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · Clark v. United States · United States v. R. P. Andrews & Co. · United States of America v. New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That hereafter whenever contracts which are not to be performed within sixty days are made on behalf of the Government by the Quartermaster General, or by officers of the Quartermaster Corps authorized to make them, and are in excess of $500 in amount, such contracts shall be reduced to writing and signed by the contracting parties. In all other cases contracts shall be entered into under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Quartermaster General.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“This was a case where the only standard could be the contract piice and the amount realized at actual sale by diligent effort. The rule is that where there is no general market or the merchandise is of a peculiar character and not staple, it is necessary that some other criterion be taken than the difference between the agreed price and the general market value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * Under ordinary conditions, a valid agreement can be made for purchase and sale without the fixing of a specific price. In such a case a reasonable price is presumed to have been intended.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marso v. Graif
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.