Black & White Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab & Transfer Co.’s Empirical Analysis
276 U.S. 518 · 1928
Citation profile
207 federal appellate · 44 district · 45 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 533 later decisions (65 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2022 · most notably Erie Co v. Tompkins (1938), Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman (1984)
207 federal appellate · 44 district · 45 state decisions — followed in 14 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
reviewedBlack & White Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab & Transfer Co. (from Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Swift v. Tyson · Burgess v. Seligman · Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix Insurance · Hough v. Railway Co. · Baltimore Co v. Baugh
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 533 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]o long as `[t]he succession and transfer were actual, not feigned or merely colorable . . . courts will not inquire into the motives when deciding jurisdiction.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“. . The privilege granted to respondent does not impair the railroad company’s service to the public or infringe any right of other taxicab men to transport passengers to and from the station. While it gives the respondent advantage in getting business, passengers are free to engage anyone who may be ready to serve them. The carrying out of such contracts generally makes for good order at railway stations, prevents annoyance, serves convenience and promotes safety of passengers. . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““As respects the rule of decision to be followed by federal courts, distinction has always been made between statutes of a state and the decisions of its courts on questions of general law. The applicable rule sustained by many decisions of this court is that, in determining questions of general law, the federal courts, while inclining to follow the decisions of the courts of the state in which the controversy arises, are free to exercise their own independent judgment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bush v. Bremner
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.