Wiggins v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis
119 F.2d 751 · 1941
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 53 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Gunn v. United States · Jaybird Mining Co. v. Weir · Union Pacific Railroad v. Hadley · Rocco v. Lehigh Valley Railroad · Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Tilghman
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The defendant railroad was guilty of negligence in leaving the Lake Charm switch open and unguarded against the main line, and it is clear that but for the open switch the motor car would not have been derailed, and • Wiggins [a section foreman and a passenger on the motor car] would not have been injured.””
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.