Spears v. Transcontinental Bus System, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
226 F.2d 94 · 1955
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently March 1981
3 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1337 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 8 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on New Colonial Ice Co. v. Helvering · National Labor Relations Board v. Gamble Enterprises, Inc. · Louisville Co v. Chatters Southern Ry Co · Sarah Mae Flemming v. South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, a Corporation · Metropolitan Holding Co. v. Snyder
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“8. On or about January 12, 1974, at or about 5:30 P.M., the plaintiff was lawfully on the premises of the defendant Park City Associates and Gimbel Brothers Inc. 9. At the time and place aforesaid, the defendants, David Thompson and James Martin, falsely arrested and imprisoned the plaintiff and prevented him from leaving the said store of Gimbel Brothers Inc., and the shopping center operated by said Park City Associates, and committed an assault and battery upon him, causing injuries to him. 10. On January 31, 1974, the defendant, David Thompson, executed a complaint against the plaintiff, charging the plaintiff with the offense of disorderly conduct. The defendant was tried before District Justice William A. Hull, Jr., of the City of Lancaster and County of Lancaster and was acquitted and discharged from arrest and further prosecution. 11. Plaintiff has been subjected, because of the above recited acts, to the deprivation by the defendants, under color of law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, of rights, privileges and immunities secured to him by the Constitution and laws of the United States and particularly his right to security of person and freedom from arrest, except upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment to said Constitution, his right to be informed of the true nature and cause of the accusation against him, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the said Constitution, and his right not to be deprived of liberty wi”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * Transcontinental Bus System, Inc., did not exercise or possess any control over the bus driver above mentioned, or other agents, servants . or employees of Continental Southern Lines, a corporation, with respect to segregation of negroes riding in interstate commerce * * * ””
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.