Smith v. Wald Transfer & Storage Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 18 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The granting of a privilege to use the highways for commercial purposes partakes of the nature of ratemaking to the extent, at least, that its operation is prospective only. An order granting this permission is immediately effective, and the applicant is entitled as a matter of right to operate under it upon compliance with the requirements regarding fees and insurance. Right of review of the order in the courts is expressly given by statute. * *” ( 97 S.W.2d 991, 995 , col. 2)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Inman v. Railroad Commission

2. “Judicial review of such orders [whether legislative, administrative or judicial] has been repeatedly held to be confined to questions of a strictly judicial character; whether they are arbitrary or unreasonable, or unjust or discriminatory to the complaining party, and therefore constitute an abuse of the discretion which the Legislature has vested in the commission.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Mississippi Public Service Commission