Amalgamated Ass'n of Street v. Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
192 F.2d 310 · 1951
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2019 · most notably Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. (1957), Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp. (1991)
32 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 101 (Norris-LaGuardia Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 151 (Railway Labor Act) · 9 U.S.C. § 4
Relies on J. I. Case Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · Bracey v. United States · International Union United Furniture Workers of America v. Colonial Hardwood Flooring Co. · Donahue v. Susquehanna Collieries Co. · Gatliff Coal Co. v. Cox
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[N]othing herein contained shall apply to contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“§ 1. `Maritime transactions' and `commerce' defined; exceptions to operation of title "`Maritime transactions,' as herein defined, means charter parties, bills of lading of water carriers, agreements relating to wharfage, supplies furnished vessels or repairs to vessels, collisions, or any other matters in foreign commerce which, if the subject of controversy, would be embraced within admiralty jurisdiction; `commerce,' as herein defined, means commerce among the several States or with foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation, but nothing herein contained shall apply to contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.”
2 later decisions 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.