Netto v. Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.)’s Empirical Analysis
863 F.2d 1210 · 1989
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently April 2013 · most notably Skotak v. Tenneco Resins, Inc. (1992), International Shortstop, Inc. v. Rally's, Inc. (1991)
45 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 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 Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Urie v. Thompson · Gregory Lumber Co. v. United States · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co. · Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. Buell
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an attempt to leave the door to recovery for wholly emotional injury somewhat ajar but not by any means wide open.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“appears to invite the lower courts to parse the FELA in light of the specific facts of later cases,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions 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.