Filburn v. Helke’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 7 U.S.C. § 1281 (Agricultural Act of 1948) · 7 U.S.C. § 1311 · 7 U.S.C. § 1330
Relies on Welch v. Henry · Nichols v. Coolidge · Mulford v. Smith · Brucker v. Fisher · Piedmont & N. Ry. Co. v. Query
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because of the uncertain world situation, we deliberately planted several million extra acres of wheat. . . . Farmers should not be penalized because they have provided insurance against shortages of food.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wickard v. Filburn“in so far as it increased the penalty for the farm marketing excess over the fifteen cents per bushel prevailing at the time of planting and subjected the entire crop to a lien for the payment thereof,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wickard v. Filburn“or in the alternative, that the equities of the case as shown by the record favor the plaintiff.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wickard v. Filburn
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.