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Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey’s Empirical Analysis

569 U.S. 251 · 2013

Citation profile

28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
4
states following
May 2026
most recently cited

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 49 U.S.C. § 13102 · 49 U.S.C. § 14501 · 49 U.S.C. § 41713

Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance · Silkwood v. Corporation · CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Easterwood

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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “(c) Motor carriers of property.-(1) General rule. Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), a State, political subdivision of a State, or political authority of 2 or more States may not enact or enforce a law, regulation, or other provision having the force and effect of law related to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier ... with respect to the transportation of property.”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “'a connection with, or reference to, airline' prices, routes, or services”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “does not preempt state laws affecting carrier prices, routes, and services 'in only a tenuous, remote, or peripheral ... manner.'”
    3 later decisions 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.