United States v. Gulf Refining Co.’s Empirical Analysis
268 U.S. 542 · 1925
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 5 district · 36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 135 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1998 · most notably State v. Gunzelman (1973), Union Wire Rope Corp. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. (1933)
51 federal appellate · 5 district · 36 state decisions — followed in 12 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
reviewedthe decision below (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Forsyth v. City of Hammond · American Construction Co v. Jacksonville T K W Ry Co Same · Benedict v. Ratner · United States v. Dickinson
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 135 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The first distillation of crude oil takes off the elements more volatile than kerosene, and these taken together are known as the ‘naphtha fraction.’ After treatment with sulphuric acid, this fraction is divided by further distillation into three products, — gasoline, the lightest, benzine, the intermediate, and naphtha, which is called ‘painter’s naphtha,’ the heaviest. The gravity of such naphtha is around 54 degrees (Baumé). Casinghead gasoline is produced by compression of gases which come from, oil wells. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The purpose of the regulations was to require a disclosure of the character of the shipment, having regard not to rates but to the dangers to be guarded against.”
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.