Johnson v. Yellow Cab Transit Co.’s Empirical Analysis
137 F.2d 274 · 1943
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2018
5 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 27 U.S.C. § 122 (Webb-Kenyon Act)
Relies on Leisy v. Hardin · Puerto Rico v. Shell Co. · Fort Leavenworth Co v. Lowe · Bowman v. Chicago N W Ry Co · Eubank v. City of Richmond
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the State of Oklahoma, by its Constitution and laws, makes it unlawful to possess, transport, furnish, or receive this particular shipment of intoxicating liquor, and it is therefore contraband and subject to seizure and confiscation under the laws of the State,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it must likewise be beyond its power to make unlawful the possession of intoxicating liquor for personal use received from a common carrier.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“by the laws thereof in force on February 1, 1940 . . . would be penal,”
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.