Capitol Bus Co. v. Blue Bird Coach Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
478 F.2d 556 · 1973
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably Gulf Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission (1977), Bechtel Corp. v. Local 215, Laborers' International Union of North America (1976)
18 federal appellate · 2 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.
Relationships
Relies on Empire Properties Corp. v. Manufacturers Trust Co. · Heilwood Fuel Co. v. Manor Real Estate Co. · McGill v. Bison Fast Freight, Inc. · Pritchard v. Wick
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A contract is to be considered as a whole, and, if possible, all its provisions should be given effect . . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] contract must be interpreted in light of the meaning which the parties have accorded to it as evidenced by their conduct in its performance.”
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.