Alderman v. Elgin, J. & E. Ry. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
125 F.2d 971 · 1942
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently August 1988 · most notably Elgin Ry Co v. Burley (1945), Kerr v. Compagnie De Ultramar (1958)
15 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 28 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Treinies v. Sunshine Mining Co. · James Conolly v. Richard Taylor · International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union v. Donnelly Garment Co. · Dollar S. S. Lines, Inc. v. Merz
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the record reveals no jurisdiction, we are powerless to do anything but recognize the defect.”
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.