Perry v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• drawing a “clear distinction” between Congress’s power over private contracts and “the power of the Congress to alter or repudiate the substance of its own engagements”
• striking down an attempt by Congress to abrogate the gold clause in government bond obligations
• invalidating legislation authorizing the redemption of United States Liberty Bonds in currency other than gold
• striking down, as beyond congressional power, a joint resolution of Congress including language repealing the government’s obligation to repay bondholders
• invalidating legislation authorizing the redemption of United States Liberty Bonds in currency other than gold
• “The terms of the bond” that a later Congress refused to honor “were definitely prescribed by the [earlier] Congress”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

220 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Harmelin v. Michigan
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 4,521×
• United States Trust Co. of NY v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-27· cited 1,245×
• Federal Sign v. Texas Southern University
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-10-02· cited 1,114×
• United States v. Winstar Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1996-07-01· cited 938×
• United States v. Larionoff
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-13· cited 805×
• Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1937-05-24· cited 740×
• Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford
  Supreme Court· 1935-05-27· cited 691×
• National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-18· cited 444×
• Rose v. State of California
  California Supreme Court· 1942-03-04· cited 382×
• City of El Paso v. Simmons
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 333×
• United States v. Westlands Water District
  E.D. California· 2001-03-13· cited 263×
• Bowen v. Public Agencies Opposed to Social Security Entrapment
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 248×
• Torncello v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1982-06-16· cited 245×
• Transohio Savings Bank v. Director, Office of Thrift Supervision
  D.C. Circuit· 1993-01-05· cited 240×
• Centex Corp. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2005-01-19· cited 238×
• Sun Oil Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1978-02-22· cited 236×
• William O. Schism and Robert Reinlie v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2002-11-18· cited 218×
• Kern v. City of Long Beach
  California Supreme Court· 1947-04-01· cited 207×
• Winstar Corp. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 1995-08-30· cited 197×
• G. L. Christian and Associates v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1963-01-11· cited 195×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Yick Wo v. Hopkins
  Supreme Court· 1886-05-10· cited 3,789×
• Lynch v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1934-06-04· cited 962×
• Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court· 1894-05-26· cited 554×
• Sinking-Fund Cases
  Supreme Court· 1879-05-18· cited 353×
• Penhallow v. Doane's Administrators
  Supreme Court· 1795-02-24· cited 84×
• Marion & Rye Valley Railway Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1926-03-01· cited 56×
• Thompson v. Butler
  Supreme Court· 1878-01-18· cited 31×

Other cases named Perry v. United States

161 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1973-11-05· cited 73×
• Perry v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-12-15· cited 40×
• Perry v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1993-04-06· cited 36×
• Perry v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1952-01-31· cited 33×
• Perry v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-12-14· cited 28×
• Perry v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1976-09-20· cited 20×
• Perry v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1958-04-02· cited 18×
• Perry v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1971-05-05· cited 15×
• Perry v. United States
  M.D. Alabama· 2013-10-30· cited 14×
• Perry v. United States
  D. Colorado· 1970-01-08· cited 14×
• Perry v. United States
  M.D. Florida· 1977-06-07· cited 11×
• Perry v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1967-06-26· cited 11×
• Perry v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1926-08-02· cited 8×
• Perry v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1930-03-21· cited 8×
• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1976-04-19· cited 8×
• Perry v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-12-19· cited 6×
• Perry v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1927-03-30· cited 6×
• Perry v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1948-03-01· cited 6×
• Perry v. United States
  E.D. Missouri· 1975-11-04· cited 5×
• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-20· cited 5×
• Perry v. United States
  E.D. North Carolina· 1974-01-23· cited 4×
• Perry v. United States
  S.D. Alabama· 1996-06-21· cited 4×
• Perry v. United States
  Customs and Patent Appeals· 1915-05-18· cited 4×
• Perry v. United States
  U.S. Customs Court· 1945-11-19· cited 3×
• Perry v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1938-05-02· cited 3×
• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-01-15· cited 3×
• Perry v. United States
  D. Kansas· 2000-06-23· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-03-14· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1936-07-02· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1943-05-27· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1948-11-22· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  U.S. Customs Court· 1946-10-30· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  U.S. Customs Court· 1950-02-09· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1975-12-17· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  E.D. Virginia· 1995-04-12· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  E.D. Missouri· 1977-04-07· cited 2×
• Perry v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-02-03· cited 1×
• Perry v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1960-02-04· cited 1×
• Perry v. United States
  U.S. Customs Court· 1948-08-16· cited 1×
• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-11-06· cited 1×
• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-01-10
• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2003-05-27
• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2003-10-06
• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2004-05-17
• Perry v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2004-10-04
• Perry v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1977-05-11
• Perry v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-09-05
• Perry v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1979-07-02
• Perry v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-05-27
• Perry v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-07-10