Commercial Credit Co. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
276 U.S. 226 · 1928
Citation profile
54 federal appellate · 29 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedCommercial Credit Co. v. United States (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Albrecht v. United States · United States v. One Ford Coupe Automobile · Carter v. McClaughry · Morey v. Commonwealth · Webster Electric Co. v. Splitdorf Electrical Co.
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“shall' pay all liens which are established ... as being bona fide and as having been created without the lienor having any notice that the carrying vehicle was being used or was to be used for illegal transportation of liquor. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court upon conviction of the person so arrested . . . shall order a sale by public auction of the property seized”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall at once proceed against the person arrested under the provisions of this title.”
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.