Leman v. Krentler-Arnold Hinge Last Co.’s Empirical Analysis
284 U.S. 448 · 1932
Citation profile
205 federal appellate · 46 district · 78 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 543 later decisions (27 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably United States v. United Mine Workers of America (1947), Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States (1992)
205 federal appellate · 46 district · 78 state decisions — followed in 14 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
reviewedKrentler-Arnold Hinge Last Co. v. Leman (from First Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co. · Tilghman v. Proctor · Hart Steel Company v. Railroad Supply Company · Toledo Scale Co. v. Computing Scale Co. · Oriel v. Russell
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 543 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“not by way of punishment but to insure full compensation to the party injured.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“binding ... not simply within the District of Massachusetts, but throughout the United States”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not require so narrow a view of what should be embraced in an adequate remedial award.”
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.