Furst v. Brewster’s Empirical Analysis
282 U.S. 493 · 1931
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 16 district · 70 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 152 later decisions (11 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2015 · most notably United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass'n (1944), Eli Lilly & Co. v. Sav-On-Drugs, Inc. (1961)
17 federal appellate · 16 district · 70 state decisions — followed in 19 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.
Relationships
Relies on Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant · Crutcher v. Commonwealth of Kentucky · International Textbook Co v. Pigg · Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Kansas ex rel. Coleman · Sioux Remedy Co. v. Cope
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 152 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Importation into one state from another is the indispensable element, the test, of interstate commerce; and every negotiation, contract, trade, and dealing between citizens of different states, which contemplates and causes such importation, whether it be of goods, persons, or information, is a transaction of interstate commerce.' Such commerce comprehends all the component parts of commercial intercourse between different states, and, according to established principle, any state statute which obstructs or lays a direct burden on the exercise of the privilege of engaging in interstate commerce is void under the commerce clause.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The plaintiffs, copartners doing business in Freeport, 111, brought this suit in the circuit court of Bradley county, Ark, against James G. Brewster, of Warren, Ark, to recover for goods sold and delivered to him pursuant to a contract, the performance of which was alleged to have been guaranteed by the defendants E. A. Davis and H. M. Beaty. By the terms of the contract, the firm of Furst & Thomas agreed to sell and deliver to Brewster, on board cars at Freeport, 111, or at their option at their nearest branch warehouse, at their current wholesale prices, their products in reasonable quantities as ordered by him, so long as the contract was in force and his account was in a satisfactory condition. Furst & Thomas agreed to give to Brewster free advice as to the best methods of selling to consumers the goods purchased by him under the contract. Brewster agreed to pay Furst & Thomas the regular wholesale prices, with specified discounts, the payments to be made weekly according to his cash sales and collections.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““any foreign corporation which shall fail or refuse to file its articles of incorporation or certificate as aforesaid, cannot make any contract in the State which ccm be enforced by it either in law or in equity, and the complying with the provisions of this act after the date of any such contract, or after any suit is instituted thereon, shall in no way validate said contract.” (Emphasis supplied.)”
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.