Shell v. Strong’s Empirical Analysis
151 F.2d 909 · 1945
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently November 2019 · most notably Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Harrisons & Crosfield, Ltd. (1953), Tandy Corporation v. Malone & Hyde Inc (1985)
14 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 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 Russell v. Todd · Willard v. Tayloe · Russell v. Todd · Keogh v. Peck · Kelley v. Boettcher
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'will usually grant or withhold relief in analogy to the statute of limitations relating to actions at law of like character'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Lapse of time alone does not constitute laches. Delay will not bar relief where it has not worked injury, prejudice, or disadvantage to the defendant or others adversely interested. "Since laches is an equitable defense, its application is controlled by equitable considerations. It cannot be invoked to defeat justice, and it will be applied only where the enforcement of the right asserted will work injustice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Since laches is an equitable defense, its application is controlled by equitable considerations. It cannot be invoked to defeat justice, and it will be applied only where the enforcement of the right asserted will work injustice.”
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.