Ames v. Union Pac. Ry. Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. ““When a court ol equity takes upon itself the conduct and operation of a * * * line of railroad, the men engaged in conducting the "business and operating the road become the employés of the court, and are subject to its orders in all matters relating to the discharge of their duties, and entitled to its protection. The first and supreme duty of a court, when it engages in the business of operating a railroad, is to operate it efficiently and safely. No pains and reasonable expense are to be spared in the accomplishment of these ends. Passengers and freight are to be transported safely. If passengers are killed or freight lost through the slightest negligence to provide all the means of safety commonly found on all first-class roads, the court is morally and legally responsible. An essential and indispensable requisite to the safe and successful operation of the road is the employment of sober, intelligent, experienced, and capable men for that purpose. Yrlion a road comes under the management of a court, on which the employés are conceded to possess all these qualifications,—and that concession is made in the fullest manner here,—the court will not, upon light or trivial grounds, dispense with their service or reduce their wages.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States Trust Co. of New York v. Omaha & St. L. Ry. Co.