Brown v. Hecht Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1974 · most notably Hecht Co. v. Bowles (1944), Danielson v. Joint Board of Coat, Suit & Allied Garment Workers' Union (1974)
16 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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
Relies on Fleming v. Jacksonville Paper Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Ford Motor Co. · Fleming v. Phipps · Fleming v. National Bank of Commerce · 24 F. Supp. 360 - Securities and Exchange Commission v. Lawson
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Counsel for plaintiff think the quoted language [Sec. 205(a) of the Act], makes it mandatory for a court to issue an injunction when any violation is shown. Counsel for defendant insist that to so hold would tie the hands of the court, contrary to legislative intent. The legislative history of the act indicates that Congress intended and'proposed that the courts shall have jurisdiction to issue whatever order to enforce compliance is proper in the circumstances of each particular case, foreseeing the exercise of full equitable jurisdiction to the end that justice shall be done. “I am sure that Congress did not anticipate one hundred per cent compliance. The act is a war measure and Congress rightfully expected conscientious and thoughtful cooperation of loyal citizens. Punishment is provided for wilful violations but where violations are not accompanied by the element of wilfulness the Price Administrator may ask and have the powers of the court as an aid in his administration of the act. If in such circumstances an injunction is asked the court is not deprived of its inherent powers by calling it a statutory injunction. The court in such case retains its implied powers, exercised in a sound discretion.. Judicial discretion in such case does not mean judicial duty, as the Price Administrator contends. A court of equity may not be divested of jurisdiction by implication. The general equity powers of a court remain unimpaired except where a statute is so rigid as to inhibit th”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Certain it is that violations occurred, but I do not find that the defendant company is chargeable with bad faith or of disloyal motive or purpose. It is not charged that the defendant was wilful in its violations and I think it appropriate to say that the element of wilfulness is entirely lacking in the evidence. “ * * * As I view the evidence such violations were the result of errors in interpretating the act and the regulation and applying same to the transactions of the defendant company. Some of the violations may have resulted from negligence or carelessness but I find them innocent in character. No inference of intentional wrong doing may be drawn from them. It may be said to the credit of the defendant company that all errors and mistakes were promptly corrected as soon as they were discovered. It should also be added that the defendant has consistently improved its methods and its records to more fully meet the requirements of the act and regulation and to combat the difficulties which arise from the elements of human frailty.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.