Reider v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
197 F.2d 158 · 1952
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Compagnie De Navigation Fraissinet & Cyprien Fabre v. Mondial United Corp. (1963), Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Libellant-Appellant v. Poseidon Schiffahrt, G.M.B.H., Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Libellant-Appellee v. Poseidon Schiffahrt, G.M.B.H. (1963)
22 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
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
Relies on Reider v. Thompson · St Johns Shipping Corporation v. S a Companhia Geral Commercial Do Rio De Janeiro · New York Co v. Estill · Illinois Cent Co v. Crail · Chicago St Ry Co v. McCaull-Dinsmore Co
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ . . . however, when packages are received by the carrier in acknowledged good external condition but are delivered by the carrier in a damaged or stained condition which could reasonably and logically be found to indicate that the discovered damage or deterioration of the contents resulted from the cause indicated by the condition of the external package, theretofore received in good condition, the trier of facts may infer from these circumstances that damage to the contents was occasioned by the negligence of the carrier in the respect indicated by the changed external condition of the package. ‘The outturn itself’ may be considered as evidence.” (Page 161) (Italics supplied)”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If there were circumstances existing which showed that the general rule of damages binding upon the plaintiff was not proper here because its application would result in awarding the plaintiff more than indemnity, these should have been developed and disclosed as a matter of defense. However, if this be done by proof of the price received from a sale it is, in substance, an impeachment of the existence or amount of damages rather than the establishment of a different measure of damages .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We find the evidence sufficient to establish a prima facie case of the market value of the sheepskins had they been received in good condition, and their market value in the condition in which they did arrive. This is the well established measure of damages in such cases.”
1 later decision 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.