United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
340 U.S. 36 · 1950
Citation profile
2,548 federal appellate · 159 district · 231 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4,899 later decisions (274 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Roe v. Wade (1973), United States v. Sharpe (1985)
2,548 federal appellate · 159 district · 231 state decisions — followed in 29 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
reviewedUnited States v. Munsingwear, Inc. (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Commissioner v. Sunnen · Cromwell v. County of Sac · Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States · Kalb v. Feuerstein
Cited together with U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co. v. Bonner Mall Partnership · Southern Pacific Terminal Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Weinstein v. Bradford · Duke Power Co. v. Greenwood County
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 4,899 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clears the path for future relitigation of the issues between the parties and eliminates a judgment, review of which was prevented through happenstance.”
163 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“There is no question but that the District Court in the injunction suit had jurisdiction both over the parties and the subject matter. And its judgment remains unmodified. * * * [The United States] did not avail itself of the remedy it had to preserve its rights. Denial of a motion to vacate could bring the case here [to the Supreme Court]. [ 340 U.S. at 38-40 , 71 S.Ct. at 105-07 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the standard disposition in federal civil cases.”
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.