O'Brien v. Western Union Telegraph Co.’s Empirical Analysis
113 F.2d 539 · 1940
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 10 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance (1942), Guaranty Trust Co. v. York (1945)
23 federal appellate · 10 district · 5 state decisions
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
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 35
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Board of Com'rs of Jackson County Kan v. United States · Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co. · Western Union Telegraph Company v. Call Publishing Company · Coleman v. MacLennan
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.