Sweeney v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
129 F.2d 756 · 1942
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably United States v. McWilliams (1947), Meeker v. Rizley (1963)
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Hicks v. Bekins Moving & Storage Co. · 17 Cal. App. 2d 103 - Inderbitzen v. Lane Hospital · Colorado Eastern Ry. Co. v. Union Pac. Ry. Co. · Cage v. Cage
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The principles of law which govern dismissal of cases for lack of prosecution are succinctly set forth in the frequently cited case of Sweeny v. Anderson, 129 F.2d 756 (C.A. 10, 1942), wherein it is stated (page 758) : ‘The elimination of delay in the trial of cases and the prompt dispatch of court business are prerequisites to the proper administration of justice. These goals cannot be attained without the exercise by the courts of diligent supervision over their own dockets. Courts should discourage delay and insist upon prompt disposition of litigation. Every court has the inherent power, in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion, to dismiss a cause for -want of prosecution. The duty rests upon tlie plaintiffs to use diligence and to expedite Ms case to a final determination. The decision of a trial court in dismissing a cause for lack of prosecution will not be disturbed on appeal unless it is made to appear tbat there has been a gross abuse of discretion.’ ” (Cases cited.)”
3 later decisions 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.