Adams v. Mellon’s Empirical Analysis
39 F.2d 80 · 1930
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. International Coal Mining Company · Southern Pacific Co. v. Darnell-Taenzer Lumber Co. · Spiller v. Atchison T & S F Ry Co · Louisville Co v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co · Davis v. Portland Seed 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“have been damaged in the amount of such charges and are severally entitled to reparation, as factors and agents for the shippers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adams v. Mills
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.