McQueary v. Laird’s Empirical Analysis
449 F.2d 608 · 1971
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently August 2012 · most notably Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by William Sheppard, Insurance Commissioner v. National Association of Flood Insurers, an Unincorporated Association (1975), National Treasury Employees Union v. Nixon (1974)
42 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 state decisions
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 10 U.S.C. § 172 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 42 U.S.C. § 4332 (§ 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) · 42 U.S.C. § 4393 · 5 U.S.C. § 702
Relies on Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp. · Dugan v. Rank · Cree v. Goldstein · Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co.
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in the nature of mandamus to compel an officer . . . of the United States . . . to perform a duty owed to the plaintiff.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If a federal officer does or attempts to do acts which are in excess of his authority or under authority not validly conferred, equity has jurisdiction to restrain him.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 13 Fair empl.prac.cas. 868, 12 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,208 Westinghouse Electric Corp. And Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Company v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Concerned Workers, Intervenor-Defendants. Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Co. v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Co. v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Concerned Workers, Westinghouse Electric Corp. And Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Company v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Concerned Workers, Intervenors-Appellants. Westinghouse Electric Corp. And Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Company v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Concerned Workers, Defendant-Intervenors. United States Steel Corporation v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, United States Steel Corporation v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, General Motors Corporation v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, General Motors Corporation v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense · Estinghouse Electric Corp. v. Schlesinger“The district court shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions, brought by any Indian tribe or band with a govern ing body duly recognized by the Secretary of the Interior, wherein the matter in controversy arises under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.”
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.