Commodity Credit Corp. v. Norton’s Empirical Analysis
167 F.2d 161 · 1948
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2002
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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
Relies on Georgia Florida Alabama Railway Company v. Blish Milling Company · Chesapeake Ry Co v. Martin · Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Rankin · Illinois Steel Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · Hall Long v. The Railroad Companies
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Sec. 1(a) The carrier or party in possession of any of the property herein described shall be liable as at common law for any loss thereof or damage thereto, except as hereinafter provided. “(b) No carrier or party in possession of all or any of the property herein described shall be liable for any loss thereof or damage thereto or delay caused by the act of God, the public enemy, the authority of law, or the- act or default of the shipper or owner, or for natural shrinkage. * * *””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“governs the entire transportation, and thus fixes the obligations of all participating carriers to the extent that the terms of the bill of lading are applicable and valid.”
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.