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National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius’s Empirical Analysis

567 U.S. 519 · 2012

Citation profile

248
cited by 248 later decisions
17
cited 17 times by the Supreme Court
20
states following
June 2026
most recently cited

28 federal appellate · 14 district · 31 state decisions

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals)

Relationships

Applies 12 U.S.C. § 1701Q · 15 U.S.C. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 21 U.S.C. § 343 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 23 U.S.C. § 158 · 26 U.S.C. § 163 · 26 U.S.C. § 36B · 26 U.S.C. § 4191 · 26 U.S.C. § 4980H

Relies on United States v. Booker · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Baker v. Carr · Troxel v. Granville · United States v. Lopez

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 248 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “protects the Government's ability to collect a consistent stream of revenue, by barring litigation to enjoin or otherwise obstruct the collection of taxes.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. United Mine Works of Am. Combined Benefit Fund v. Andre M. Toffel, for Walter Energy, Inc. (In re Walter Energy, Inc.) · James Harper v. Charles P. Rettig, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, et al.
  2. “Congress's interstate power must be 'read carefully to avoid creating a general federal authority akin to the police power.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. United States v. Durham · United States v. Hill
  3. “The Congress shall have Power ... to pay the Debts and provide for the ... general Welfare of the United States....”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. City of Chi. v. Sessions · City of L. A. v. Barr

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.