Hines v. Davidowitz’s Empirical Analysis
312 U.S. 52 · 1941
Citation profile
1,308 federal appellate · 622 district · 1,294 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5,429 later decisions (313 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2026 · most notably Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (1983), Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. (1947)
1,308 federal appellate · 622 district · 1,294 state decisions — followed in 47 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
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on Yick Wo v. Hopkins · Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization · Gibbons v. Ogden · Cannon v. United States
Cited together with Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · Jones v. Rath Packing Co. · Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association v. D Cuesta
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 5,429 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of Congress.”
341 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”
73 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the federal interest is so dominant that the federal system will be assumed to preclude enforcement of state laws on the same subject.”
17 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.