DeShong v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad’s Empirical Analysis
737 F.2d 1520 · 1984
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2024 · most notably Wilson v. Sellers (2018), Sunamerica Corporation v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (1996)
9 federal appellate · 4 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
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · Kelley v. Southern Pacific Co. · Head v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry · Ward v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · Vanskike v. ACF Industries, 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under the doctrine of equitable estoppel a party with full knowledge of the facts, who accepts the benefits of a transaction ... may not subsequently take an inconsistent position to avoid the corresponding obligation of effects.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If, in an FELA action, the plaintiff could be an employee of both the wholly owned subsidiary of a railroad and the railroad itself, then a representation that he is employed by the former is not necessarily inconsistent with a claim that he is employed by the railroad. Because inconsistency is the crucial element in the doctrine of estoppel, there is no basis for applying estoppel in this ease.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is grounded on a notion of fair dealing and good conscience. It is designed to aid the law in the administration of justice where without its aid injustice might result.”
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.