Murray v. Ledbetter’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. · Josephine C. Toscano AKA Josephine C. Zelasko v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue · Pickford v. Talbott · Fennell v. TLB Kent Co. · England v. Doyle
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“power of a court to entertain an independent action to relieve a party from a judgment, order or proceeding ... or to set aside a judgment for fraud upon the court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[The party claiming a fraud on the court bears the burden of proving the claim by clear and convincing evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“declined to hold that an intent to defraud must invariably be proved to establish a fraud on the court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.