Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co.’s Empirical Analysis
310 U.S. 113 · 1940
Citation profile
475 federal appellate · 166 district · 165 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,299 later decisions (85 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner (1967), Goldberg v. Kelly (1970)
475 federal appellate · 166 district · 165 state decisions — followed in 24 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
reviewedthe decision below (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 41 U.S.C. § 13 · 41 U.S.C. § 5
Relies on Aetna Life Ins Co of Hartford Conn v. Haworth · Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Same · Massachusetts v. Mellon · William Truax v. Mike Raich · Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States
Cited together with Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes · Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Massachusetts v. Mellon · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations Inc v. B Camp Barlow
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 1,299 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to determine those with whom it will deal, and to fix the terms and conditions upon which it will make needed purchases.”
55 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Public Contracts Act, so far as the steel industry is concerned, has been suspended for more than a year, with no bond or security to protect the public's interest in the maintenance of wage standards contemplated by Congress, should the suspension ultimately appear unwarranted or unauthorized.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“city, town, village, or other civil subdivision”
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.