Anton v. Greyhound Van Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
591 F.2d 103 · 1978
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 5 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently March 2012 · most notably Hughes v. United Van Lines, Inc. (1987), Hughes Aircraft Company v. North American Van Lines Inc 1-100 (1992)
25 federal appellate · 5 district · 8 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 New York Nh Hartford Co v. Nothnagle · American Ry Express Co v. Lindenburg · Chandler v. Aero Mayflower Transit Co. · American Railway Express Co. v. Daniel
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“absolute, deliberate and well-informed choice by the shipper”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“1) maintain a tariff within the prescribed guidelines of the Interstate Commerce Commission; 2) obtain the shipper's agreement as to his choice of liability; 3) give the shipper a reasonable opportunity to choose between two or more levels of liability; and 4) issue a receipt or bill of lading prior to moving the shipment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“To permit a carrier, without any action whatever by the shipper in respect to valuation in writing, to limit its liability on the basis of declared or released value on which the rate was charged would be to ignore entirely the statutory requirement that the shipper must make the declaration or agreement in writing____”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.