Jones v. Rath Packing Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
777 federal appellate · 386 district · 747 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3,259 later decisions (114 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2025 · most notably Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California (1983), Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (1983)
777 federal appellate · 386 district · 747 state decisions — followed in 45 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
reviewedRath Packing Co. v. Becker (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1451 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1452 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1453 · 15 U.S.C. § 1454 · 15 U.S.C. § 1460 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1461 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 1 of the All Kids Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 321 (§ 201 of the All Kids Act)
Relies on Hines v. Davidowitz · Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · United States v. Bass
Cited together with Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · Hines v. Davidowitz · Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association v. D Cuesta · Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc.
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 3,259 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is compelled whether Congress' command is explicitly stated in the statute's language or implicitly contained in its structure and purpose.”
167 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'compliance with both federal and state regulations is a physical impossibliity,' ... or when state law 'stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of Congress.'”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“compliance with both federal and state regulations is a physical impossibility,”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · Resolution Trust Corporation, in Its Capacity as Receiver for City Savings, F.S.B., and the Resolution Trust Corporation, in Its Corporate Capacity v. Cityfed Financial Corp. Richard E. Simmons K. Michael Defreytas John W. Atherton, Jr. Gordon E. Allen Alfred J. Hedden Peter R. Kellogg John Kean, Jr. Gilbert G. Roessner George E. Mikula James P. McTernan Victor A. Pelson Marshall M. Criser. Resolution Trust Corporation, in Its Capacity as Receiver for City Savings, F.S.B. v. John W. Atherton, Jr. Gordon E. Allen Alfred J. Hedden Peter R. Kellogg John Kean, Jr. Gilbert G. Roessner James P. McTernan Resolution Trust Corporation, in Its Capacity as Receiver for City Savings, F.S.B., in No. 94-5307. Resolution Trust Corporation v. Alfred J. Schuster Thomas J. Lynam Martin R. Siegel Richard P. Pearlman Joan C. Moonan, Individually and as of the Estate of Robert J. Moonan Eugene J. Elias George Hurley William B. Brick James W. Dwyer Harry H. Jaeger John R. Hipple John C. Lauricella Louis A. Iatarola. Martin R. Siegel, and Joan C. Moonan, as of the Estate of Robert J. Moonan and Individually, in No. 94-5308
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.