United States v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
762 F.2d 737 · 1985
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently September 2014 · most notably United States v. General Dynamics Corp. (1987), Farley Transportation Co. v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co. (1985)
26 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 49 U.S.C. § 10701 · 49 U.S.C. § 11903
Relies on United States v. Western Pacific Railroad · Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co. · Texas v. Certain Named & Unnamed Undocumented Alien Children · General American Tank Car Corporation v. El Dorado Terminal Co · Hewitt-Robins, Incorporated v. Eastern Freight-Ways, 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'requires the resolution of issues which, under a regulatory scheme, have been placed within the special competence of an administrative body.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'raises issues of transportation policy which ought to be considered by the Commission in the interests of a uniform and expert administration of the regulatory scheme laid down by th[e] Act.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'The doctrine of primary jurisdiction ... is concerned with promoting proper relationships between the courts and administrative agencies charged with particular regulatory duties.'”
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.