Ensco, Inc. v. Weicker Transfer & Storage Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• a carrier’s status “is determined not by 24 reference to its authority but rather by reference to what it 25 holds itself out to be”
• “A carrier’s status as a common carrier is determined not by reference to its authority but rather by reference to what it holds itself out to be.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dan Barclay, Inc. v. Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1991-04-01· cited 73×
• BML Stage Lighting, Inc. v. Mayflower Transit, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-02-24· cited 24×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1982-09-22· cited 6×
• Mercer Transportation Co. v. Greentree Transportation Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-08-25· cited 5×
• Hughes Aircraft Co. v. North American Van Lines
  N.D. California· 1990-11-30· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2003-08-25

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Elmore & Stahl
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 412×
• Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1941-11-17· cited 233×
• Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1913-04-07· cited 181×
• United States v. Drum
  Supreme Court· 1962-01-15· cited 93×
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Maucher
  Supreme Court· 1919-01-07· cited 40×
• Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Schwerman Trucking Company of Virginia, Inc., a Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1976-05-12· cited 40×
• L. E. Whitlock Truck Service, Inc., a Kansas Corporation v. Regal Drilling Company, a Colorado Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1964-06-18· cited 39×
• United States v. Contract Steel Carriers, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1956-03-12· cited 37×
• Mose Garlin Starrett v. Bobby Bruce, Doing Business as Bruce Trucking Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1968-03-15· cited 26×
• Wilensky v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1911-09-26· cited 20×
• Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. Davenport
  Fifth Circuit· 1953-08-11· cited 19×
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Dixie Tobacco Co.
  Supreme Court· 1913-05-12· cited 17×
• United States v. Casale Car Leasing, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1967-11-29· cited 16×
• Albion Elevator Co. v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-05-25· cited 11×
• Sasinowski v. Boston & M. R. R.
  First Circuit· 1935-01-04· cited 8×
• The Pawnee
  E.D. Michigan· 1913-02-18· cited 7×
• Pilgrim Distribut. Corp. v. Terminal Transp. Co., Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 1974-10-15· cited 6×
• Smitherman & McDonald, Inc. v. Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Co.
  W.D. Arkansas· 1925-06-09· cited 4×
• Professional Driver Services, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  M.D. Tennessee· 1974-03-08· cited 3×