Hill v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Carriers while under federal control shall be subject to all laws and liabilities as common carriers, whether arising under • state or federal laws or at common law, except in so far as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act or any other act applicable to such federal control or with' any order of the President. Actions at law or suits in equity may be brought by and against such carriers and judgments rendered as now provided by law; and in any action at law or suit in equity against the carrier, no defense shall be made thereto upon the ground that the carrier is an instrumentality or agency of the federal government.” U. S. Comp. St. 1918, U. S. Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 3115%j.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. Stamford Mill & Elevator Co.