Scarano v. Central R. Co. of New Jersey’s Empirical Analysis
203 F.2d 510 · 1953
Citation profile
143 federal appellate · 53 district · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 459 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2023 · most notably State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine (2001), Oneida Motor Freight, Inc. v. United Jersey Bank (1988)
143 federal appellate · 53 district · 48 state decisions — followed in 23 states
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 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Krause v. Krause · Michels v. Olmstead · 6 N.J. Super. 456 - Stretch v. Watson · Stretch v. Watson
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 459 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“intentional self-contradiction ... as a means of obtaining unfair advantage.”
57 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“«* * * We are not unmindful that in a situation of this type where a greater period of time has elapsed between an ambiguous judgment or settlement and an application for reinstatement, there may be a factual question as to whether the recovery enjoyed by the plaintiff was intended to compensate him for longer than the elapsed period. * * * But the fact that the distinction which must be drawn is one of degree rather than of kind does not in any way lessen its force.” At 513-514.”
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.