United States v. Seatrain Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
329 U.S. 424 · 1947
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 21 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 193 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2024 · most notably Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (1987), Civil Aeronautics Board v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (1961)
66 federal appellate · 21 district · 9 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.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Pennsylvania Railroad · Crescent Express Lines, Inc. v. United States · Noble v. United States · Chicago St Ry Co v. United States
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 193 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is clear that the “orders” referred to in [the Interstate Commerce Act] ... are formal commands of the Commission relating to its procedure and the rates, fares, practices, and like things coming within its authority. But . .. while the procedural “orders” antecedent to a water carrier certificate can be modified from time to time, the certificate marks the end of that proceeding.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The certificate, when finally granted and the time fixed for the rehearing it has passed, is not subject to revocation in whole or in part except as specifically authorized by Congress.” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall specify the service to be rendered”
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.