Brazier v. Cherry’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on The Harrisburg · Michigan Central Railroad v. Vreeland · Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co. · Barnes Coal Corp. v. Retail Coal Merchants Ass'n · Panama Co v. Rock
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.
“the legal representatives of the deceased shall have such action therefor, and may recover not exceeding $5,000 damages therein, for the benefit of the widow of the deceased, if there be one, and if there be no widow, then for the benefit of the next of kin of the deceased.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brazier v. Cherry“(1) To recover damages for injury to his person or property, or because of the deprivation of any right or privilege of a citizen of the United States, by any act done in furtherance of any conspiracy mentioned in section 1985 of Title 42;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brazier v. Cherry“no action under the provisions of this section shall be sustained which is not commenced within one year after the cause of action has accrued.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brazier v. Cherry
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.