Johnston v. Interstate Railroad’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1992 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 45 U.S.C. § 151 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 153 (Railway Labor Act)
Relies on Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad · Moore v. Illinois Central Railroad · Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, and United States of America v. Lyles & Lang Construction Company · Roberts v. Lehigh & New England Railway 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This agreement is not intended to deny the right of the employees to use any other lawful action for the settlement of claims or grievances provided such action is instituted within 9 months of the date of the decision of the highest designated officer of the Carrier.””
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.