United States v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad’s Empirical Analysis
273 F.2d 474 · 1959
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently June 2006
6 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
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.
Relationships
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Lilly v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad · Grand Trunk Western Railway Company v. George Lindsay · Atchison Sf Ry Co v. Scarlett · Clyde v. Broderick
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The trial court was apparently of the view, and it is so contended here, that the United States may not rely upon the specifications of a regulation which was not specifically pleaded. * * * We find no merit in this contention. * * * It is not necessary to plead under what particular law the recovery is sought.” 273 F.2d 474, 476 .”
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.