Saullo v. Douglas’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 49 U.S.C. § 14102 · 49 U.S.C. § 304
Relies on Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Anderson · 549 So. 2d 1005 - Ranger Ins. Co. v. Bal Harbour Club · 349 So. 2d 1187 - Helman v. Seaboard Coast Line R. Co. · Susco Car Rental System of Florida v. Leonard · Simmons v. King
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.
“We prefer that courts decide suits of this nature by applying the ordinary principles of State tort, contract, and agency law. The Commission did not intend that its leasing regulations would supersede otherwise applicable principles of State tort, contract, and agency law and create carrier liability where none would otherwise exist. Our regulations should have no bearing on this subject. Application of State law will produce appropriate results.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“This form of vicarious liability is not based on respondent superior or an agency conception, but on the practical fact that the owner of an instrumentality which [has] the capability of causing death or destruction should in justice answer for misuse of this instrumentality by anyone operating it with his knowledge and consent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.