United States Chicago Great Western Co v. Interstate Commerce Commission’s Empirical Analysis
294 U.S. 50 · 1935
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 15 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 104 later decisions (7 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2023 · most notably Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority (1936), Panama Canal Company v. Grace Line Grace Line (1958)
44 federal appellate · 15 district · 4 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 ex rel. Chicago Great Western R. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Wilbur v. United States ex rel. Kadrie · United States ex rel. McLennan v. Wilbur · United States of America the Riverside Oil Company v. Ethan a Hitchcock · Bates & Guild Co. v. Payne · Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States ex rel. Campbell
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 104 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the matter is not beyond peradventure clear we have invariably refused the writ [of mandamus], even though the question were one of law as to the extent of the statutory power of an administrative officer or body.”
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.