United States v. Myers’s Empirical Analysis
320 U.S. 561 · 1944
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2024 · most notably Crandon v. United States (1990), Spiegel's Estate v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1949)
7 federal appellate ·
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 19 U.S.C. § 1401 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 267 · 19 U.S.C. § 6
Relies on International Ry Co v. Davidson · United States v. Algoma Lumber Co. · Creek Nation v. United States · Mellon v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. S. M. Ry. 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Finally the Government urges that in awarding compensation for “overtime” services credit should be allowed to it for that part of the base pay received for such services. We think the Congressional intention to give extra compensation precludes such a claim. The inspectors in addition to their regular salaries for week days are entitled to the statutory additional pay for overtime, Sundays and holidays.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A carrier may procure customs service at night only by special license, and the statutes say the extra compensation shall be paid “by the licensee”.... The legislative history shows that the proponents of extra compensation constantly made the point that the Government would not be out of pocket by the legislation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Overtime for night work [was] paid at a rate of one-half day's additional pay (4 hours) for each two hours or fraction thereof of at least 1 hour that the overtime extend[ed] beyond 5:00 p.m. These rates [could] not exceed 2 1/2 days pay (or 20 hours) for the full time period 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. (15 hours).”
2 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.