Duncan v. Upjohn Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
7 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Sarko v. Penn-Del Directory Co. (1997), Lahr v. Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. (1996)
7 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Schlagenhauf v. Holder · United States v. Abel · Tomlin v. Holecek · Lowe v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. · 850 F. Supp. 216 - Bridges v. Eastman Kodak Co.
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.
“[wjhen the mental or physical condition ... of a party ... is in controversy, the court in which the action is pending may order the party to submit to a physical or mental examination by a suitably licensed or certified examiner----”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Tirado v. Erosa“By claiming ongoing psychiatric harm caused by the negligence of the defendant, therefore, the plaintiff has placed his mental state in controversy, which in turn constitutes good cause for ordering a psychiatric examination. ...”
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.