Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
303 U.S. 41 · 1938
Citation profile
1,620 federal appellate · 532 district · 524 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4,359 later decisions (162 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Burford v. Sun Oil Co. (1943), McKart v. United States (1969)
1,620 federal appellate · 532 district · 524 state decisions — followed in 43 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
reviewedMyers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (from First Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Same · National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · Crowell v. Benson · William Truax v. Mike Raich
Cited together with McKart v. United States · Leedom v. Kyne · Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Weinberger v. Salfi
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 4,359 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no one is entitled to judicial relief for a supposed or threatened injury until the prescribed administrative remedy has been exhausted.”
131 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`The Board must receive evidence and make findings. The findings as to the facts are to be conclusive, but only if supported by evidence. The order of the Board is subject to review by the designated court, and only when sustained by the court may the order be enforced. Upon that review all questions of the jurisdiction of the Board and the regularity of its proceedings, all questions of constitutional right or statutory authority are open to examination by the court. We construe the procedural provisions as affording adequate opportunity to secure judicial protection against arbitrary action in accordance with the well-settled rules applicable to administrative agencies set up by Congress to aid in the enforcement of valid legislation.'”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The rule has been most frequently applied in equity where relief by injunction was sought.”
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.