Railroad Company v. Fraloff’s Empirical Analysis
100 U.S. 24 · 1879
Citation profile
89 federal appellate · 14 district · 49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 220 later decisions (37 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 1971 · most notably Chicago Co v. City of Chicago (1897), Dimick v. Schiedt (1935)
89 federal appellate · 14 district · 49 state decisions — followed in 25 states
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.
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 220 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is undoubtedly competent to carriers of passengers, by specific regulations, distinctly brought to the knowledge of the passenger, which are reasonable in their character, and not inconsistent with any statute, or their duties to the public, to protect themselves against liability, as insurers, for baggage exceeding a fixed amount in value, except upon additional compensation pro-I>ortioned to the risk.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The Majestic · The Kensington“shall lade the same, as freight or baggage, on any vessel, without at the time of such lading giving to the master, clerk, agent, or owner of such vessel receiving the same,' a written notice of the true character and value thereof, and having the same entered on the bill of lading therefor, the master and owner of such vessel shall not be liable as carriers thereof in any form of manner, nor shall any such master or owner be-liable for any such goods beyond the value and according to the character .thereof so notified and entered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““We are not referred to any legislative enactment restricting or limiting the responsibility of passenger carriers by land for articles carried as baggage. * * * Further, it is not claimed that any inquiry was made of the ‘passenger’ either when the trunks were taken into the custody of the carrier, or at any time prior to the alleged loss, as to the value of their contents. * * * ””
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.