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Horstmyer v. Black & Decker, (U.S.), Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

151 F.3d 765 · 1998

Citation profile

67
cited by 67 later decisions
2
states following
July 2024
most recently cited

44 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Belk v. City of Eldon (2000), Diesel Machinery, Inc. v. B.R. Lee Industries, Inc. (2005)

44 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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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 Salve Regina College v. Russell · Massachusetts v. Podgurski Et Al. · Commercial Property Investments, Inc. v. Quality Inns International, Inc. · Arthur Young & Co. v. Reves · Roth v. Black & Decker, U.S., Inc.

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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “'whether the instructions, taken as a whole and viewed in light of the evidence and applicable law, fairly and adequately submitted the issues in the case to the jury.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Phillip Kelly, Trustee v. David Armstrong Hannah Armstrong Omaha State Bank David N. Armstrong, of the Estate of Theodore F. Armstrong · Niemiec v. Union Pacific Railroad
  2. “[T]he district court has discretion in the style and wording of jury instructions so long as the charge as a whole fairly and adequately states the law.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Phillip Kelly, Trustee v. David Armstrong Hannah Armstrong Omaha State Bank David N. Armstrong, of the Estate of Theodore F. Armstrong · Life Plus International v. Brown
  3. “[w]here the charge to the jury correctly sets forth the law, a lack of perfect clarity will not render the charge erroneous.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Wilson v. City of Hazelwood, Mo. · Life Plus International v. Brown

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.