Bates Mfg Co v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
303 U.S. 567 · 1938
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 24 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 141 later decisions (14 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1992 · most notably United States v. Sherwood (1941), Glidden Company v. Zdanok Lurk (1962)
45 federal appellate · 24 district · 6 state decisions
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
reviewedBates Mfg. Co. v. United States (from First Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Linn Lane Timber Company v. United States · United States v. Greathouse · Bates Mfg. Co. v. United States · 19 F. Supp. 526 - Bates Mfg. Co. v. United States
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 141 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * an integrated jurisdictional plan by which the Court of Claims and District Courts could afford equal opportunities for expeditious and fair trials of like claims within the jurisdictional amount of the District Courts. * * * Uniformity and equality in substantial rights and privileges — for claimants in both forums — were essential features in the system. * * * As to substantial rights, Congress evidently meant to give claimants an identical status in both Courts where the amount in controversy was included in the jurisdiction of both. * * * ff”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Notice was mailed the Attorney General and the District Attorney was promptly served—both within four days after the verified petition was filed. Under these circumstances, we do not consider what would be the effect of lack of diligence in obtaining service.11””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Section 6 requires that ‘the plaintiff * * * cause a copy of his petition * * * to be served upon the district attorney, * * * and * * * mail a copy * * * to the Attorney General’ ””
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.