Commercial Casualty Ins Co v. Consolidated Stone Co’s Empirical Analysis
278 U.S. 177 · 1929
Citation profile
92 federal appellate · 36 district · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 316 later decisions (15 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2017 · most notably Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (1939), Hoffman v. Blaski (1960)
92 federal appellate · 36 district · 26 state decisions — followed in 10 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 Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Panama Co v. Johnson · General Inv Co v. Lake Shore & M S Ry Co · Gerling v. Baltimore Ohio R Co · In re Keasbey & Mattison Co. · Lee v. Chesapeake & O Ry 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 316 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“subversive of orderly procedure and make for harmful delay and confusion.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“but merely accords to the defendant a personal privilege respecting the venue, or place of suit, which he may assert, or may waive, at his election.”
3 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.