United States v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York’s Empirical Analysis
334 U.S. 258 · 1948
Citation profile
128 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 193 later decisions (14 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2020 · most notably Brown Shoe Co. v. United States (1962), Will v. United States (1967)
128 federal appellate · 18 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on William Marbury v. James Madison · McClellan v. Carland · United States v. Aluminum Co. of America · Ex parte United States · Fairmont Creamery Co v. State of Minnesota
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 193 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“courts have not hesitated to issue writs of mandamus when it appeared to be necessary to enforce the judgment of the appellate court [citation omitted]. Where a lower court has failed to comply with a mandate of a reviewing court, compliance with such mandate may be compelled by writ of mandamus.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Oswald v. McGarr“The Supreme Court, the circuit courts of appeal, and the district courts shall have power to issue all writs * * * necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“extends to support an ultimate power of review, though it not be immediately and directly involved.”
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.