Boston & Maine Railroad v. Hooker’s Empirical Analysis
233 U.S. 97 · 1914
Citation profile
89 federal appellate · 24 district · 275 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 492 later decisions (25 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2012 · most notably Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co. (1922), Louisville Nashville Railroad Company v. G a Maxwell (1915)
89 federal appellate · 24 district · 275 state decisions — followed in 42 states
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Texas Pacific Railway Company v. Abilene Cotton Oil Company · Adams Express Co. v. Croninger · Armour Packing Company v. United States · Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix Insurance
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 492 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“but one rate, open to all alike, and from which there could be no departure.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Any common carrier * * * receiving property for transportation from a point in one State * * * to a point in another State * * * shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor, and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it * * ® and no contract, receipt, rule, regulation, or other limitation of any character whatsoever shall exempt such common carrier * * * from the liability imposed; and any such common carrier * * * so receiving property * * * shall be liable to the lawful holder of said receipt or bill of lading or to any party entitled to recover thereon, whether such receipt or bill of lading has been issued or not, for the full actual loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it * * * notwithstanding any limitation of liability or limitation of the amount of recovery or representation or agreement as to value in any such receipt or bill of lading, or in any contract, rule, regulation, or in any tariff filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission; and any such limitation, without respect to the manner or form in which it is sought to be made is declared to be unlawful and void ♦ * * Provided, however, That the provisions hereof respecting liability for full actual loss, damage, or injury, notwithstanding any limitation of liability or recovery or representation or agreement or release as to value, and declaring any such limitation to be unlawful and void, shall not apply, first, to baggage carr”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“. “Amy common carrier * * # receiving property for transportation * * * shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor, and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it * * *, and no contract, receipt, rule, regulations, or other limitation of any •character whatsoever shall exempt such common carrier * * * from the liability imposed; * * * notwithstanding any limitation of liability or limitation of the amount of recovery or representation or agreement as to value in any such receipt pr bill of lading, or in any contract, rule, regulation, or in any tariff filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission; and any such limitation, without respect to the manner or form in which it is sought to be made is declared to be unlawful and void: * * * Provided, however, That the provisions hereof respecting liability for full actual loss, damage, or injury, * * * shall not apply, first, to baggage carried on passenger trains •or boats, or trains or boats carrying passengers; * * #.””
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.