Chicago, R. I. & P. R. v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
208 F.2d 871 · 1953
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1967
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thrasher v. St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. · Blew v. Chicago, R.I. P. R. 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * It was as much the duty of the said plaintiff, Birdie Mitchell, to look and listen for an approaching train before permitting herself to be placed on such railroad track as it was of the driver of the automobile * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.