Price v. Westmoreland’s Empirical Analysis
727 F.2d 494 · 1984
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 4 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably 117 Md. App. 72 - Empire Fire and Marine Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (1997), Morris v. JTM Materials, Inc. (2002)
5 federal appellate · 4 district · 12 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 American Trucking Ass'ns v. United States Eastern Motor Exp · Rust v. Johnson · Simmons v. King · Mellon National Bank & Trust Co. v. Sophie Lines, Inc. · Cox v. Bond Transportation, Inc.
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The lease shall provide that the authorized carrier lessee shall have exclusive possession, control, and use of the equipment for the duration of the lease. The lease shall further provide that the authorized carrier lessee shall assume complete responsibility for the operation of the equipment for the duration of the lease.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(4) have control of and be responsible for operating those motor vehicles in compliance with requirements prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation on safety of operations and equipment, and with other applicable law as if the motor vehicles were owned by the motor carriers.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“assume complete responsibility for the operation of the equipment for the duration of the lease.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Saullo v. Douglas · Jackson v. Wise
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.