Willits v. Yellow Cab Co.’s Empirical Analysis
214 F.2d 612 · 1954
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently March 1993
18 federal appellate · 2 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 Palmer v. Hoffman · Gunning v. Cooley · Johnson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · Garrison v. United States · Southern Indiana Railway Co. v. Fine
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * The motion presents only a question of law as to whether or not, when all of the evidence with reasonable inferences therefrom, is considered in its aspect most favorable to the contestants, there is a total failure or lack of evidence to prove any necessary elements of their case. Willits v. Yellow Cab Company [7 Cir.], 214 F.2d 612 . * * *"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Issues that depend on the credibility of witnesses, and the effect or weight of evidence, are to be decided by the jury.”
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.