Howitt v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
150 F.2d 82 · 1945
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co. · Louisville Nashville Railroad Company v. G a Maxwell · Armour Packing Company v. United States · New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Texas Ry Co v. Interstate Commerce Commission
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.
“proved beyond question that the defendants repeatedly and systematically took advantage of the prevailing war-time congestion in transportation to exact from applicants for accommodations more money than the regular rate prescribed, and appropriated the difference to themselves.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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