Ellison v. Shell Oil Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• declining to review a district court’s oral reasons for granting a directed verdict when they differed from those in its written order
• rejecting the argument that the prevailing party’s drafting of the order was relevant.
• railroad sued by employee under the FELA filed a third-party complaint against another party
• “Oral responses from the bench may fail to convey the judge’s ultimate evaluation. Subsequent consideration may cause the district judge to modify his or her views.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers
  Supreme Court· 2003-03-10· cited 204×
• Chester Oglesby v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-09-24· cited 85×
• Monotype Corp. v. International Typeface Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-12-21· cited 32×
• United States v. Elvis L. Robinson, United States of America v. Gregory A. Bogan, United States of America v. Manuel L. Robinson
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-04-04· cited 29×
• Engvall v. Soo Line Railroad Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2001-08-02· cited 28×
• Scheiding v. General Motors Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 2000-03-09· cited 23×
• Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. v. Knoedler Manufacturers, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2015-01-09· cited 22×
• Victor Parsons v. Charles Ryan
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-12-20· cited 22×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1994-12-21· cited 20×
• Playmakers Llc v. Espn, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-07-15· cited 15×
• Madden v. Anton Antonov & AV Transportation, Inc.
  D. Nebraska· 2013-08-19· cited 8×
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Occidental Chemical Corp.
  S.D. Ohio· 2001-01-16· cited 7×
• In re Swartout
  E.D. California· 2016-07-19· cited 5×
• United States v. Samuel Crittenden
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-08-20· cited 4×
• Stephens v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
  S.D. Texas· 1998-01-13· cited 3×
• Palmer v. Union Pacific Railroad
  S.D. Texas· 1998-07-07· cited 3×
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Occidental Chemical Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-05-22· cited 1×
• James v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.
  D. Arizona· 2007-08-27· cited 1×
• Charles v. Shell Oil Company
  Third Circuit· 1989-07-31
• James v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RY. CO.
  D. Arizona· 2007-08-27