O'Boyle Tank Lines, Inc. v. Beckham’s Empirical Analysis
616 F.2d 207 · 1980
Citation profile
15 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Diebold, Inc. · Louisville Co v. Central Iron & Coal Co · States Marine International, Inc. v. Seattle-First National Bank · Lyxell v. Vautrin · Northwestern Pacific Railroad v. Burchwell 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]his presumption may be rebutted by the bill of lading or other facts and documents which indicate another has the true beneficial interest in the goods being shipped.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ordinarily the shipper is presumed primarily liable to the carrier for freight charges for the transportation of goods.”
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.