Illinois Cent Co v. Crail’s Empirical Analysis
281 U.S. 57 · 1930
Citation profile
127 federal appellate · 33 district · 46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 297 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Bankers Trust Co. v. Rhoades (1988), White v. Higgins (1940)
127 federal appellate · 33 district · 46 state decisions — followed in 16 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
reviewedIllinois Cent. R. v. Crail (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Chicago St Ry Co v. McCaull-Dinsmore Co · Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company v. Apms et al. · Romie v. Casanova · Theiss v. Weiss
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 297 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The test of market value is at best but a convenient means of getting at the loss suffered. It may be discarded and other more accurate means resorted to, if, for special reasons, it is not exact or otherwise not applicable.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * any such common carrier, railroad, or transportation company so receiving property for transportation * * * or any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company delivering said property * * * . shall be liable to the lawful holder of (the bill of lading) * * * for the full actual loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it or by any (connecting carrier) * * * notwithstanding any limitation of the amount of recovery or representation or agreement as to value in any such receipt or bill of lading, or in any contract, rule, regulation, or in any tariff filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission; * * *” ( 49 U.S.C.A. § 20 (ID).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“ignores the basic principle underlying common law remedies that they shall afford only compensation for the injury suffered.”
2 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.