Weaver v. Marcus’s Empirical Analysis
165 F.2d 862 · 1948
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 4 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently June 2005 · most notably Pierce v. Ford Motor Co. (1951), Harvey Aluminum, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co. (1953)
18 federal appellate · 4 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 McIntyre v. Kavanaugh · James-Dickinson Farm Mortgage Co. v. Harry · Baltimore & O. R. v. Saunders · United States ex rel. White v. Ragen · Klam v. Koppel
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Misjoinder of parties is not ground for dismissal of an action. Parties may be dropped or added by order of the court on motion of any party or of its own initiative at any stage of the action and on such terms as are just. Any claim against a party may be severed and proceeded with separately.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““We think the other defendants had no such right. In Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. Saunders, 4 Cir., 1947, 159 F.2d 481, 484 , Circuit Judge Parker said: ‘The rule should be liberally construed, but not in such a way as to permit a practice which transcends the limits of federal jurisdiction. See rule 82 * * While there is conflict? in the decisions, the weight of authority is to the effect that a defendant cannot compel the plaintiff, who has sued him, to sue also a third party whom the [plaintiff] does not wish to sue. * * * And this is certainly true where the effect of the joinder of the third party defendant would be to oust the court of jurisdiction.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Causey v. Burgess““Where, by any wrongful act or omission of any partner acting in the ordinary course of the business of the partnership or with the authority of his co-partners, loss or injury is caused to any person, not being a partner in the partnership, or any penalty is incurred, the partnership is liable therefor to the same extent as the partner so acting or ommiting (omitting) to act.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Evans v. Thompson
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.