Louisville Co v. Central Iron & Coal Co’s Empirical Analysis
265 U.S. 59 · 1924
Citation profile
190 federal appellate · 87 district · 207 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 683 later decisions (19 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably Maislin Industries, U. S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc. (1990), Chesapeake Ry Co v. Martin (1931)
190 federal appellate · 87 district · 207 state decisions — followed in 37 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
reviewedYazoo & M. V. R. v. Zemurray (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Co. v. Fox · Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Fink · Friederichsen v. Renard · William W. Bierce, Ltd. v. Hutchins
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 683 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“estop or preclude it from enforcing payment of the full amount by a person liable therefor.”
25 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““For, under the rule of the Fink Case, if a shipment is accepted, the consignee becomes hable, as a matter of law, for the full amount of the freight charges, whether they are demanded at the time of delivery, or not until later. His liability satisfies the requirements of the Interstate Commerce Act.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[It] is the duty of carriers to exhaust their legal remedies in order to collect undercharges from the party or parties legally responsible therefor.'”
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.