Gilman v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
126 F.2d 296 · 1942
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently December 1999
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
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 Zavelo v. Reeves · George West Co v. Lea · J. B. Orcutt Co. v. Green · Meek v. Centre County Banking Co. · Morton Butler Timber Co. v. United States
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must disregard any error or defect in the proceeding which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * was frankly admitted that this litigation was brought to us for the primary purpose of adjudication of troublesome practical questions which have long disturbed referees in bankruptcy in the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. The purpose is worthy, but the determination of controversial issues of administration for the future guidance of referees must not be reached at the expense of creditors in a case chosen for a test.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““upon the facts of record, Davis, in our judgment has been deprived of a mere technical and not a substantial right.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.