Iowa Cent. Ry. Co. v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
255 F. 648 · 1919
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. Elize Maud Hill E C · Rogers v. Penobscot Mining Co. · Guarantee Co. of North America v. Phenix Ins. · Morrison v. Burnette · Northern Pacific Railroad v. Amato
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Only those issues of law which were before the appellate court, and by it determined, become the law of the case, when, upon reversal, the cause is retried.” Iowa Central Ry. Co. v. Walter, 255 Fed. 648 ,-C. C. A. - — .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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