United States v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.’s Empirical Analysis
217 F.2d 763 · 1954
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently November 1984 · most notably Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. San Antonio, Texas (1984), Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Southern Pacific Company, Great Northern Railway Company, and Northern Pacific Railway Company v. Alouette Peat Products, Limited, Interstate Commerce Commission v. Alouette Peat Products, Limited (1958)
19 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 713
Relies on Texas Pacific Railway Company v. Abilene Cotton Oil Company · Far East Conference v. United States · Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co. · Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co. · Addison v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc.
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The term `overcharges' as used in this section shall be deemed to mean charges for transportation services in excess of those applicable thereto under the tariffs lawfully on file with the commission.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“and must in each case elect which one of the two methods of procedure herein provided for he or they will adopt”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“but such person or persons shall not have the right to pursue both of said remedies”
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.