Farley Transportation Co. v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.’s Empirical Analysis
778 F.2d 1365 · 1985
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2006 · most notably Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. (1988), Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. (1988)
53 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · United States v. Western Pacific Railroad · United States v. McConney · Calder v. United States
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“specify the party or parties taking the appeal”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the judicial process be suspended pending referral of certain issues to an administrative body for its views. No fixed formula exists ... Each case must be examined on its own facts to determine ‘if the reasons for the existence of the doctrine are present and whether the purposes it serves will be aided by application in the particular litigation.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The doctrine is applicable whenever the enforcement of a claim subject to a specific regulatory scheme requires resolution of issues that are `within the special competence of an administrative body.'”
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.