Chesapeake Ry Co v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis
283 U.S. 209 · 1931
Citation profile
336 federal appellate · 6 district · 251 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 784 later decisions (24 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2024 · most notably National Labor Relations Board v. Walton Manufacturing Co. (1962), Pennsylvania Co v. Chamberlain (1933)
336 federal appellate · 6 district · 251 state decisions — followed in 33 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.
Relationships
Relies on Georgia Florida Alabama Railway Company v. Blish Milling Company · Louisville Co v. Central Iron & Coal Co · Chicago St Ry Co v. Coogan · Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Fink
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 784 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“What constitutes a reasonable time depends upon the circumstances of the particular case. As applied to a case like this, it means such time as is necessary conveniently to transport and make delivery of the shipment in the ordinary course of business, in the light of the circumstances and conditions surrounding the transaction.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“at liberty, under the guise of passing upon the credibility of a witness, to disregard his testimony, when from no reasonable point of view is it open to doubt.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(w)hether under any circumstances the shipper may rely upon that doctrine in avoidance of the time limitation clause of the bill of lading”
4 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.