United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
1,437 federal appellate · 205 district · 165 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3,114 later decisions (47 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Brown Shoe Co. v. United States (1962), Woodford v. Ngo (2006)
1,437 federal appellate · 205 district · 165 state decisions — followed in 27 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.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77I (§ 9 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 78Y (§ 25 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 210 · 49 U.S.C. § 307 · 5 U.S.C. § 1001 · 5 U.S.C. § 1010
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Unemployment Compensation Commission v. Aragon · Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · Webster v. Fall
Cited together with Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Unemployment Compensation Commission v. Aragon · Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
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 3,114 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Simple fairness to those who are engaged in the tasks of administration, and to litigants, requires as a general rule that courts should not topple over administrative decisions unless the administrative body not only has erred but has erred against objection made at the time appropriate under its practice.”
114 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“orderly procedure and good administration require that objections to the proceedings of an administrative agency be made while it has opportunity for correction in order to raise issues reviewable by the courts.”
26 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A court] is not bound by a prior exercise of jurisdiction in a case where it was not questioned and it was passed sub silentio.”
18 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.