United States v. Boyce Motor Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
188 F.2d 889 · 1951
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Connally v. General Construction Co. · Screws v. United States · Nash v. United States · United States v. L. Cohen Grocery Co. · Ford v. United States
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Drivers of motor vehicles transporting any explosive, inflammable liquid, inflammable compressed gas, or poisonous gas shall avoid, so far as practicable, and, where feasible, by prearrangement of routes, driving into or through congested thoroughfares, places where crowds are assembled, street car tracks, tunnels, viaducts, and dangerous crossings”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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