Illinois Commerce Commission v. Interstate Commerce Commission’s Empirical Analysis

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28 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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

1. “finds that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or permit the abandonment or discontinuance.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bob Vieux Joyce Vieux Donald Vieux, of Zwissig Estate Ralph Pombo Bob Frick Gordon Griffith Marianne Griffith Kathleen Brockman Nancy Burr Miguel Franco Joe Jess Paul Marciel Don Scullion, of Greeley Estate Antonio Martin Don Brooks Edward Depaoli Ray Peterson Antonette Egan Ferma Corporation, a California Corporation Rancho Arroyo De La Alameda, a General Partnership v. East Bay Regional Park District, a Body Politic, Bob Vieux Joyce Vieux Donald Vieux, of Zwissig Estate Ralph Pombo Bob Frick Gordon Griffith Marianne Griffith Kathleen Brockman Nancy Burr Miguel Franco Joe Jess Paul Marciel Don Scullion, of Greeley Estate Antonio Martin Don Brooks Edward Depaoli Ray Peterson Antonette Egan Ferma Corporation, a California Corporation Rancho Arroyo De La Alameda, a General Partnership v. East Bay Regional Park District, a Body Politic, and County of Alameda, a Political Division of the State of California Southern Pacific Transportation Company, a Delaware Corporation Santa Fe Pacific Realty Corporation, a Delaware Corporation Robert T. Knox and John George · Bob Vieux Joyce Vieux Donald Vieux, of Zwissig Estate Ralph Pombo Bob Frick Gordon Griffith Marianne Griffith Kathleen Brockman Nancy Burr Miguel Franco Joe Jess Paul Marciel Don Scullion, of Greeley Estate Antonio Martin Don Brooks Edward Depaoli Ray Peterson Antonette Egan Ferma Corporation, a California Corporation Rancho Arroyo De La Alameda, a General Partnership v. East Bay Regional Park District, a Body Politic, Bob Vieux Joyce Vieux Donald Vieux, of Zwissig Estate Ralph Pombo Bob Frick Gordon Griffith Marianne Griffith Kathleen Brockman Nancy Burr Miguel Franco Joe Jess Paul Marciel Don Scullion, of Greeley Estate Antonio Martin Don Brooks Edward Depaoli Ray Peterson Antonette Egan Ferma Corporation, a California Corporation Rancho Arroyo De La Alameda, a General Partnership v. East Bay Regional Park District, a Body Politic, and County of Alameda, a Political Division of the State of California Southern Pacific Transportation Company, a Delaware Corporation Santa Fe Pacific Realty Corporation, a Delaware Corporation Robert T. Knox and John George

2. “In regulating the railroad industry, it is the policy of the United States Government— (1) to allow, to the maximum extent possible, competition and the demand for services to establish reasonable rates for transportation by rail; (2) to minimize the need for Federal regulatory control over the rail transportation system and to require fair and expeditious regulatory decisions when regulation is required; (3) to promote a safe and efficient rail transportation system by allowing rail carriers to earn adequate revenues, as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) to ensure the development and continuation of a sound rail transportation system with effective competition among rail carriers and with other modes, to meet the needs of the public and the national defense; (5) to foster sound economic conditions in transportation and to ensure effective competition and coordination between rail carriers and other modes; (6) to maintain reasonable rates where there is an absence of effective competition and where rail rates provide revenues which exceed the amount necessary to maintain the rail system and to attract capital; (7) to reduce regulatory barriers to entry into and exit from the industry; (8) to operate transportation facilities and equipment without detriment to the public health and safety; (9) to cooperate with the States on transportation matters to assure that intrastate regulatory jurisdiction is exercised in accordance with the standards established in ”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Illinois Commerce Commission v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Fannin County Georgia v. United States Csx

3. “We think the Commission should have considered the many comments submitted by the states decrying the lack of notice of proposed abandonments.... From aught that appears, the Commission paid no heed to these comments.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Illinois Commerce Commission v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Illinois Commerce Commission v. Interstate Commerce Commission