York Company v. Central Railroad’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 federal appellate · 6 district · 85 state decisions

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

1. “prescribe regulations to protect himself against imposition and fraud, and fix a rate of charges proportionate to the magnitude of. the risks he may have to encounter.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hart v. Pennsylvania Railroad · J. M. Pace Mule Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.

2. “The füiimion carrier “is chargeable i'or all losses except such as may bo occasioned by the act of God or the public enemy. He insures against all accidents which result from human agency, although occurring without any fault or neglect upon his pari, and he cannot by any mere act of his own avoid the responsibility which the law thus imposes.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Inman & Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co.

3. ““The second position is answered by the fact that there is no evidence that a consideration was not given for the stipulation. The company, probably, had rates of charges proportioned to the risks they assumed from the nature of the goods carried, and the exception of losses by fire must necessarily have affected the compensation demanded.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Simmons Hardware Co. v. Southern Ry. Co.