Sanders v. Leech’s Empirical Analysis
158 F.2d 486 · 1946
Citation profile
149 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 161 later decisions — most recently November 1985 · most notably Jackson v. United States (1965), National Airlines, Inc. v. Stiles (1959)
149 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Cleo Syrup Corp. v. Coca-Cola Co. · Neely v. Henkel (No. 2) · Michael Dooley v. James Pease · Ætna Life Ins. v. Kepler · Tyng v. Grinnell
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 161 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) where the findings are without substantial evidence to support them; (2) where the court misapprehended the effect of the evidence; and (3) if, though there is evidence which if credible would be substantial, the force and effect of the testimony considered as a whole convinces that the finding is so against the great preponderance of the credible testimony that it does not reflect or represent the truth and right of the case.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In so far as plaintiff asks us to increase and affirm the judgment, he is asking us, in a case here for review of errors and not for trial de novo, to assume the role of the trial judge, a role we may not play.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Findings of fact shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court to judge of the credibility of the witnesses.”
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.