Beisel v. Monessen S. W. Ry. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently March 1976
4 federal appellate · 1 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 45 U.S.C. § 1
Relies on Myers v. Reading Co. · Ennis v. Atkin · Sanders v. Glenshaw Glass Co. · Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co. v. Bartsch · Sanders v. Glenshaw Glass Co.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No. 1. Was the hand brake in question an efficient brake at the time of the alleged accident? Answer: Yes. "No. 2. If your answer to Question No. 1 is `No', state whether the inefficient hand brake was a proximate cause which contributed to Plaintiff's injuries. Answer: No. "No. 3. At the time that he was injured, was the Plaintiff engaged in a train movement or a switching operation? Check the appropriate answer: You have checked `Switching operation'. "No. 4. State whether the lack of air brake power on the dump cars was a proximate cause contributing to Plaintiff's injuries? Answer: No. "No. 5. What is the total amount of damages, if any suffered by John P. Beisel, the Plaintiff, which were the proximate result of the injuries sustained on the 10th day of October, 1951? Answer: $7,000”
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.