Collins v. Kibort’s Empirical Analysis
143 F.3d 331 · 1998
Citation profile
52 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably United States v. Paladino (2005), United States v. Dazey (2005)
52 federal appellate · 2 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 Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · Lewis v. Gober · United States v. Briscoe · McKnight v. General Motors Corp. · United States v. Saunders
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no rational jury could have found for the plaintiff.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A proper foundation is established if the party attempting to admit the evidence demonstrates that the business records are kept in the course of regularly conducted business activity, and that it was the regular practice of that business activity to make records, as shown by the testimony of the custodian or otherwise qualified witness.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]o error in either the admission or the exclusion of evidence . . . is ground for granting a new trial or for setting aside a verdict or for vacating, modifying, or otherwise disturbing a judgment or order, unless refusal to take such action appears to the court inconsistent with substantial justice.”
2 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.