Statute treatment: 45 U.S.C. § 155

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 378 citation events across 208 distinct cases.

378citations total

208distinct interpreting cases

45distinct courts

6citations in last 5y

1944–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Florida East Coast Railway Co. (1966) scotus 146 own cites 8× in case

#2 Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad v. United Transportation Union (1969) scotus 403 own cites 2× in case

#3 Air Line Pilots Association, International, Cross v. United Air Lines, Inc., Cross-Appellee (1986) ca7 67 own cites 4× in case

#4 Csx Transportation, Inc. v. United Transportation Union (1989) ca2 37 own cites 5× in case

#5 Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union (1971) scotus 271 own cites 2× in case

#6 Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. (1960) scotus 209 own cites 2× in case

#7 Railway Labor Executives' Association v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co., Interstate Commerce Commission, Intervenor (1988) ca3 41 own cites 4× in case

#8 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company (1988) ca9 38 own cites 4× in case

#9 Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants (1989) scotus 139 own cites 2× in case

#10 The Delaware and Hudson Railway Company v. United Transportation Union (1971) cadc 123 own cites 2× in case

#11 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana Railroad (1957) scotus 623 own cites 1× in case

#12 Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. International Brotherhood Of Teamsters (1990) ca2 77 own cites 2× in case

#13 Long Island Rail Road v. International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers (1989) nysd 9 own cites 7× in case

#14 Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. The Independent Federation of Flight Attendants (1987) ca8 27 own cites 3× in case

#15 Seaboard World Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union of America, Afl-Cio (1970) ca2 23 own cites 3× in case

#16 Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Atlantic Coast Airlines, Inc., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee (1995) ca2 21 own cites 3× in case

#17 International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio v. Aloha Airlines, Inc. (1986) ca9 43 own cites 2× in case

#18 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad (1944) scotus 207 own cites 1× in case

#19 Northwest Airlines Corp. v. Ass'n of Flight Attendants-CWA (In Re Northwest Airlines Corp.) (2006) nysd 9 own cites 5× in case

#20 Railway Labor Executives' Association v. Boston & Maine Corporation (1986) ca1 35 own cites 2× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.