United States v. Powers

How courts have described this case

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

• noting a “presumption against a construction which would render a statute ineffective or inefficient”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gemsco, Inc. v. Walling
  Supreme Court· 1945-04-02· cited 276×
• In Re Ford
  D. Maryland· 1980-04-15· cited 148×
• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-01-30· cited 66×
• Yankee Network, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 1939-08-14· cited 42×
• United States v. Jackson
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-07-09· cited 41×
• Charles Bassil Clements, Jr. v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1959-01-07· cited 40×
• Aluminum Company of America, and Cross-Appellant v. Department of the Treasury of the State of Michigan, and Cross-Appellees
  Sixth Circuit· 1975-08-28· cited 37×
• District of Columbia v. Washington Home Ownership Council, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-05-28· cited 37×
• United States v. Paul A. Taliaferro
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-11-16· cited 35×
• State v. Creekpaum
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1988-04-15· cited 32×
• Donna L. Nichols v. Board of Trustees of the Asbestos Workers Local 24 Pension Plan
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-12-11· cited 26×
• United States v. Kurzenknabe
  D. New Jersey· 1955-12-02· cited 21×
• National Homeopathic Hospital Ass'n of District of Columbia v. Britton, Deputy Com'r
  D.C. Circuit· 1945-01-08· cited 18×
• U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC v. Director, OWCP
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-06-27· cited 16×
• Hunt v. Tucker
  N.D. Alabama· 1995-03-09· cited 15×
• Simmons v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  W.D. Oklahoma· 1978-05-19· cited 15×
• American Dredging Co. v. Cochrane
  D.C. Circuit· 1951-05-31· cited 10×
• State v. Creekpaum
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1987-02-13· cited 10×
• Di Melia v. Bowles
  First Circuit· 1944-04-17· cited 10×
• In Re Bissell
  E.D. Virginia· 2000-11-22· cited 8×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bird v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1902-11-17· cited 127×
• The Irresistible
  Supreme Court· 1822-03-21· cited 21×