Cohen v. Young’s Empirical Analysis
127 F.2d 721 · 1942
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 2 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently April 2014 · most notably Newman v. Stein (1972), James Edward Kennedy v. Harold J. Cardwell, Warden (1973)
40 federal appellate · 2 district · 10 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 Langnes v. Green · Phillips v. Commissioner · Johnson v. Manhattan Railway Co. · The Steamship Styria v. James L Morgan · Felton v. Spiro
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘The term “discretion” implies the absence of a hard-and-fast rule. The establishment of a clearly defined rule of action'would be the end of discretion and yet discretion should not be a word for arbitrary will or inconsiderate action. “Discretion means the equitable decision of what is just and proper under the circumstances.” ’" ■ - ' ,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ppellant appeared in court in answer to the court's notice to show cause why the settlement should not be approved”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“upon the sole ground that it was recommended by the attorneys of record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rome v. Archer
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.