State v. Pullman Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1922
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Railroad Tax Cases Taylor Collector et al. v. Secor et al. · Pullman's Palace-Car Co v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh St Ry Co v. Backus Indianapolis V R Co · The Delaware Railroad Tax Minot v. The Philadelphia Wilington and Baltimre Railroad Company · Cleveland St Ry Co v. Backus
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We have already cited and quoted from cases which mention, not only the difficulty but also the impossibility of perfect accuracy in such an undertaking. The cases already cited show that such finding of a commission will not be set aside by the court because the court might have decided differently on the facts, but only because of the adoption of a fundamentally wrong principle which has caused excessive and unjust taxation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The subject involved the consideration of current rates of interest, the financial condition of the company, and general economic and financial conditions, all of which were subjects peculiarly within the province of .the tax commission.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.