United States v. Munson Steamship Line’s Empirical Analysis
283 U.S. 43 · 1931
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1983 · most notably United States v. Villamonte-Marquez (1983), Eagles Nj v. United States (1946)
20 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
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
reviewedUnited States v. Munson Steamship Line (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Cincinnati Ry Co v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Baer Bros. Mercantile Co. v. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad · Chicago Ry Co v. United States · United States v. New York Cent R 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mere practical continuity in . . . transportation is not enough”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(a) The transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used under a common control, management, or arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment”. (Italics supplied.)”
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.