Beach v. Beach’s Empirical Analysis
114 F.2d 479 · 1940
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2001 · most notably Schlagenhauf v. Holder (1965), Moore v. McNamara (1986)
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 36 state decisions — followed in 18 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Union Pac Ry Co v. Botsford · United States v. Beebe · State of Louisiana v. William Gibbs McAdoo · Robbins v. Chicago City · Camden & Suburban Railway Co. v. Stetson
Most-quoted passages
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A. In an action in which the mental or physical condition of a party is in controversy, the court in which the action is pending or in which the judgment was originally rendered may order him to submit to a physical or mental examination by a physician. The order may be made only on motion for good cause shown and upon notice to the party to be examined and to all other parties and shall specify the time, place, manner, conditions, and scope of the examination and the person or persons by whom it is to be made.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“On this point it is enough to cite the report of the American Medical Association's committee on Medicolegal Blood Grouping Tests (108 Jour. of Am. Med. Ass'n., 2138-42, June, 1937), which shows that although such tests cannot prove paternity and cannot always disprove it, they can disprove it conclusively in a great many cases provided they are administered by specially qualified experts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * Appellant’s suggestion that it should be interpreted as limited to actions for personal injuries is also unsound. The Advisory Committee’s note to Rules 35(a) and 35(b) cites statutes which authorize physical examinations in personal injury actions. The possibility of limiting the rule to such actions must have been considered and rejected. As its language is unlimited, there is no reason for limiting its effect to actions of one class.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.