United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
272 U.S. 1 · 1926
Citation profile
750 federal appellate · 214 district · 149 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 2,165 later decisions (120 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe (1971), Neil v. Biggers (1972)
750 federal appellate · 214 district · 149 state decisions — followed in 28 states
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
reviewedUnited States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc. (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Field v. Clark · Utah Power Light Company v. United States No 202 United States · Panama Co v. Johnson · United States v. Grimaud
Cited together with United States v. Armstrong · Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Wayte v. United States · United States v. Worley · Bordenkircher v. Hayes
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 2,165 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The presumption of regularity supports the official acts of public officers, and, in the absence of clear evidence to the contrary, courts presume that they have properly discharged their official duties.”
51 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in the absence of a statute directly authorizing it, courts will not give judgment against the United States for costs or expenses.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(t)here is no constitutional prohibition against confiscation of enemy properties,”
4 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.