Sofarelli Bros. v. Elgin’s Empirical Analysis
129 F.2d 785 · 1942
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently January 1995
8 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 United States v. Behan · Grand Trunk Western R. v. H. W. Nelson Co. · Hargrove v. American Cent. Ins. · Dravo Contracting Co. v. James Rees & Sons Co. · Elias v. Wright
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) Demand. Any party may demand a trial by jury of any issue triable of right by a jury by serving upon the other parties a demand therefor in writing at any time after the commencement of the action and not later than 10 days after the service of the last pleading directed to such issue. Such demand may be indorsed upon a pleading of the party. * * * * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“state with particularity the grounds therefor, and ... set forth the relief or order sought.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(b) By the Court. Issues not demanded for trial by jury as provided in Rule 38 shall be tried by the court; but, notwithstanding the failure of a party to demand a jury in an action in which such a demand might have been made of right, the court in its discretion upon motion may order a trial by a jury of any or all issues.”
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.