Sumney v. Southern Ry. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
89 F.2d 437 · 1937
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently April 1992
2 federal appellate · 2 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 Aerkfetz v. Humphreys · Toledo St Co v. Allen · Chesapeake Ry Co v. Mihas · Illinois Cent. R. v. Ackerman · Pacheco v. New York, N. H. & H. R.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no warning of the movement of cars in switching is required.”
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.