Bryan v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
338 U.S. 552 · 1950
Citation profile
722 federal appellate · 99 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 931 later decisions (43 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2025 · most notably North Carolina v. Pearce (1969), Burks v. United States (1978)
722 federal appellate · 99 state decisions — followed in 21 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. A case is still cited after being overruled — to note the reversal, distinguish it, or in dissent. 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
reviewedBryan v. United States (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2106
Relies on Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. · State of Louisiana Francis v. Resweber · Wiborg v. United States · Clyatt v. United States
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 931 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The Supreme Court or any other court of appellate jurisdiction may affirm, modify, vacate, set aside or reverse any judgment, decree, or order of a court lawfully brought before it for review, and may remand the cause and direct the entry of such appropriate judgment, decree, or order, or require such further proceedings to be had as may be just under the circumstances.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where the accused successfully seeks review of a conviction, there is no double jeopardy upon a new trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction of such offense or offenses.”
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.