Wabash R. v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
211 F.2d 664 · 1954
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
July 1962
most recently cited
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Elzig v. Gudwangen · Noland v. Pastor · Illinois Terminal R. v. Creek · Kansas City Public Service Co. v. Taylor · Herron v. Wilson
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If it were not for the Missouri humanitarian doctrine, in reliance upon and in accordance with which the District Court submitted the case to the jury, the defendant's assertion that the plaintiff's contributory negligence would be fatal to his case might be unanswerable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The plaintiff was entirely familiar with his surroundings and should, no doubt, have exercised greater care than he did for his own safety.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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