Glickfeld v. Howard Van Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
213 F.2d 723 · 1954
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently August 2014 · most notably Deiro v. American Airlines, Inc. (1987), Hughes Aircraft Company v. North American Van Lines Inc 1-100 (1992)
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 6 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 Adams Express Co. v. Croninger · Louisville Nashville Railroad Company v. G a Maxwell · Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. International Coal Mining Company · Missouri Kansas Texas Railway Company v. Harriman Brothers · Lowden v. Simonds-Shields-Lonsdale Grain 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he eases are uniform in holding that the conversion doctrine is pertinent only when there has been a true conversion, i.e., where the carrier has appropriated the property for its own use or gain. The carrier may properly limit its liability where the conversion is by third parties or even by its own employee. In the latter circumstance, while the carrier may have been guilty of negligence in the selection of its employees, it has not been unjustly enriched, nor has it been guilty of any misconduct.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The provisions of section 20(11) * * * of this title, together with such other provisions of chapter 1 of this title (including penalties) as may be necessary for the enforcement of such provisions, shall apply with respect to common carriers by motor vehicle with like force and effect as in the case of those persons to which such provisions are specifically applicable.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“carriers shall be liable for the full, actual loss, damage or injury to property delivered to them, a carrier's liability may be limited by agreement upon a `released value' of a shipment.”
2 later decisions 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.