Peckham v. Ronrico Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
171 F.2d 653 · 1948
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 43 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably Judson v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. of Westfield (1954), Ruvolo v. American Casualty Co. (1963)
39 federal appellate · 43 district · 17 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 Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp. · Arnstein v. Porter · United States v. Manton · Doehler Metal Furniture Co. v. United States · Arenas v. United States
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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A litigant has a right to a trial where there is the slightest doubt as to the facts”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"`Our recital of the pleadings and judgment in that Florida case persuades us that that court was concerned with conveyances directly from Sol Meyer to Ferd S. Meyer. No issue was raised in that case as it is here whether Sol Meyer contributed property or services to Gosch or Florida Cane Products Corporation in consideration of one or both of them issuing shares or giving other property to Ferd S. Meyer or other relatives and friends of Sol Meyer. Hence the cause of action now at bar is not the same as * * * the Florida cause of action.'"”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“t Is well settled that 'Rule 56 authorizes summary udgment only where the moving party Is entitled to 'udqment as a matter of law, where It is quite clear wha't the truth Is, that no genuine issue remains for trial' (case citation omitted) A litigant has a right to (rial where there Is the slightest doubt as toTRi facts (case citations omitted) (underscoring added)”
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.