United States v. Dickerson’s Empirical Analysis
310 U.S. 554 · 1940
Citation profile
230 federal appellate · 50 district · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 556 later decisions (39 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2018 · most notably United States v. Larionoff (1977), United States v. Lovett (1946)
230 federal appellate · 50 district · 34 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.
Relationships
Relies on Brewster v. Gage · Boston Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States · United States v. Fisher · Pirie v. Chicago Title & Trust 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 556 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[t]here can be no doubt that ... it could accomplish its purpose by an amendment to an appropriation bill, or otherwise.'”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a workable rule of construction, not an infallible guide to legislative intent, and cannot overcome more persuasive evidence.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, shall be available for payment”
4 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.