Maurer v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis
309 U.S. 598 · 1940
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 3 district · 128 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 305 later decisions (67 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2018 · most notably Hines v. Davidowitz (1941), United States v. American Trucking Associations (1940)
33 federal appellate · 3 district · 128 state decisions — followed in 18 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 Hess v. Pawloski · SC Hwy. Dept. v. Barnwell Bros. · Sproles v. Binford · Smith v. Snow · Kelly v. State of Washington Foss Co
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 305 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Only a word need be said of the constitutional objections. The present record lays a firm foundation for the exercise of state regulatory power, unless the state has been deprived of that power by congressional action ... [W]e can find no basis for saying that the Pennsylvania statute ... infringes the Commerce Clause if Congress has not authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to promulgate a conflicting rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Congressional intention to displace local laws in the exercise of its commerce power is not, in general, to be inferred unless clearly indicated by those considerations which are persuasive of the statutory purpose. This is especially the case when public safety and health are concerned.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]his Court has also had occasion to point out that the sizes and weights of automobiles have an important relation to the safe and convenient use of the highways, which are matters of state control.”
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.