Wilson v. Illinois Central Railroad’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp. · Winkler v. Maryland · 51 F. Supp. 972 - Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. v. Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc. · Pure Oil Co. v. Ross · United States ex rel. Deavers v. Missouri, K. & T. R.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“they are the source of additional questions, objections, briefs, arguments, motions and the like which tend to make the proceeding a Donnybrook Fair.”
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.