Blackmer v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
284 U.S. 421 · 1932
Citation profile
250 federal appellate · 82 district · 163 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 851 later decisions (98 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably International Shoe Co. v. Washington (1945), United States v. Nixon (1974)
250 federal appellate · 82 district · 163 state decisions — followed in 34 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
reviewedBlackmer v. United States (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Pennoyer v. Neff · Cooke v. United States · Blair v. United States · Wuchter v. Pizzutti · American Banana Company v. United Fruit 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 851 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so far as citizens of the United States in foreign countries are concerned, is one of construction, not of legislative power.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . While contempt may be an offense against the law and subject to appropriate punishment, certain it is that since the foundation of our government proceedings to punish such offenses have been regarded as sui generis and not ‘criminal prosecutions’ within the Sixth Amendment or common understanding.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Palmlund · Craig v. Baird““It was the duty of the petitioner to respond to the subpoena and to remain in attendance until excused by the court or by the government’s representatives.” Id. at 443 , 52 S.Ct. at 257 .”
3 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.