Chapman v. Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Co.’s Empirical Analysis
338 U.S. 621 · 1950
Citation profile
120 federal appellate · 24 district · 37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 234 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2018 · most notably Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath (1951), Lathan v. Brinegar (1974)
120 federal appellate · 24 district · 37 state decisions — followed in 15 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedSheridan-Wyoming Coal Co. v. Krug (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 181 (Coal Market Competition Act of 2000) · 30 U.S.C. § 184
Relies on Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · Carter v. Carter Coal Co. · Appalachian Coals, Inc. v. United States · United States ex rel. McLennan v. Wilbur
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 234 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““But the action is one in equity, and ‘equity will administer such relief as the exigencies of the case demand at the close of the trial.’ Bloomquist v. Farson, 222 N.Y. 375 , 380, 118 N.E. 855 , 856; Lightfoot v. Davis, 198 N.Y. 261 , 273, 91 N.E. 582 , 586.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Krahm v. Graham“That it binds him [the Secretary] as well as others while it is in effect is not doubted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McKenna v. Seaton“courts can intervene only where legal rights are invaded or the law violated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. Paine
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.