Reid v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
154 F.2d 724 · 1946
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently August 1985 · most notably Sanders v. Leech (1946), Southern Pac. Co. v. Guthrie (1951)
21 federal appellate · 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Home Ins. v. Tydal Co. · Swift & Co. v. Ellinor · Nelson v. Reid
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“should follow the state supreme court [of Florida] which holds that it is its right and duty to consider the question of excessiveness of verdict and order it reduced in the event it is deemed excessive.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the decision in Erie could not have the effect of requiring this Court to follow the state court in disregard of the Seventh Amendment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"Owners of dogs shall be liable for any damage done by their dogs to sheep or other domestic animals or livestock, or to persons."”
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.