Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
1,098 federal appellate · 205 district · 160 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 2,182 later decisions (78 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2025 · most notably Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. (1974), Mitsubishi Motors Corporation v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth Inc Soler Chrysler-Plymouth Inc (1985)
1,098 federal appellate · 205 district · 160 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
reviewedBernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 9 U.S.C. § 1 (Federal Arbitration Act) · 9 U.S.C. § 3
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Wilko v. Swan
Cited together with Erie Co v. Tompkins · Wilko v. Swan · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. · Hanna v. Plumer
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 2,182 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“substantially affect the enforcement of the right as given by the state.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“evidencing a transaction involving commerce”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[T]here appears to be no confusion in the [Maine] decisions, no developing line of authorities that casts a shadow over the established ones, no dicta, doubts or ambiguities in the opinions of [Maine] judges on the question, no legislative development that promises to undermine the judicial rule.”
11 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.