Reider v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
176 F.2d 13 · 1949
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 1979
3 federal appellate ·
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 49 U.S.C. § 101 (Independent Safety Board Act)
Relies on Texas New Orleans Railroad Company v. Sabine Tram Company · United States v. Erie Railroad · Missouri Pac Co v. Porter · Railroad Commission of Louisiana v. Texas & Pacific Railway Company · Illinois Central Railroad v. Fuentes
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company subject to the provisions of this chapter receiving property for transportation from a point in one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to a point in another State, Territory, District of Columbia, or from any point in the United States to a point in an adjacent foreign country shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor, and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such property may pass within the United States or within an adjacent foreign country when transported on a through bill of lading ....’’ 34 Stat. 593 , 595, as amended, 49 U. S. C. § 20 (11).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reider v. Thompson“That case rules nothing as to a reverse shipment . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reider v. Thompson
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.