Illinois Central Railroad v. Crail

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the market value measure “may be discarded 6 and other more accurate means resorted to, if, for special reasons, it is not exact or 7 otherwise not applicable”
• stating “remedies . . . afform only compensation for the injury suffered”
• consignee of coal only allowed wholesale value of coal lost in transit because of ability to replace coal without loss of retail sales
• no rigid rule; market value at best a convenient means of getting at the loss suffered
• “The test of market value is at best but a convenient means of getting at the loss suffered. It may be discarded and other more accurate means resorted to, if, for special reasons, it is not exact or otherwise not applicable.”
• remedies compensate only for injury suffered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bankers Trust Company v. Daniel Rhoades, Herman Soifer and Milton Braten
  Second Circuit· 1988-10-03· cited 425×
• White v. Higgins
  First Circuit· 1940-12-12· cited 91×
• American National Fire Insurance Company v. Yellow Freight Systems, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-04-10· cited 71×
• Maxima Corporation v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1988-05-24· cited 70×
• Columbia Brick Works, Inc. v. Royal Insurance Company of America
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-08-13· cited 56×
• State v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-06-28· cited 55×
• Texport Oil Co., Cross-Appellee v. M/v Amolyntos, Its Engines, Boilers, Tackle and Amolyntos Shipping Co. Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 1993-12-09· cited 54×
• Hector Martinez and Company v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-11-08· cited 53×
• Husten v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1938-02-24· cited 42×
• Fredenburgh v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1968-11-08· cited 41×
• Reider v. Thompson
  Fifth Circuit· 1952-07-14· cited 40×
• Eastman Kodak Company, a New Jersey Corporation v. Westway Motor Freight, Inc., a Colorado Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-11-12· cited 40×
• Weirton Steel Co. v. Isbrandtsen-Moller Co.
  Second Circuit· 1942-03-11· cited 38×
• Needles ex rel. Needles v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1944-05-01· cited 36×
• Santiago v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.
  D. Puerto Rico· 1973-11-08· cited 34×
• United States v. Standard Oil Co. of California
  S.D. California· 1937-12-04· cited 31×
• United States v. Ferdman
  Tenth Circuit· 2015-02-13· cited 31×
• The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1964-06-25· cited 30×
• Sawyer Brothers, Inc. v. Island Transporter, LLC
  First Circuit· 2018-04-03· cited 30×
• Polaroid Corporation v. Schuster's Express, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1973-09-17· cited 28×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Arms
  Supreme Court· 1876-01-31· cited 211×
• Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. McCaull Co
  Supreme Court· 1920-05-17· cited 92×
• Wilmoth v. Hamilton
  Third Circuit· 1904-01-06· cited 18×
• Yazoo & M. V. R. v. Delta Grocery & Cotton Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1924-02-04· cited 9×
• Roth Coal Co. v. Louisville & N. R.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1919-09-15· cited 8×
• Wendnagel v. Houston
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1910-06-03· cited 8×
• Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. American Coal Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1922-01-18· cited 6×
• Wood & Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1926-02-18· cited 5×
• Leominster Fuel Co. v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1927-01-04· cited 5×