Hockaday v. Red Line, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
174 F.2d 154 · 1949
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently November 2003 · most notably Gafford v. State (1968), Rochester Civic Theatre, Inc. v. Ramsay (1966)
17 federal appellate · 6 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 Brasfield v. United States · New York Cent Co v. Johnson · Brown v. Swineford · Sanford v. United States · Union Pac. R. Co. v. Field
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“But a trial in court is never, as respondents in their brief argue this one was, `purely a private controversy * * * of no importance to the public'. The state, whose interest it is the duty of court and counsel alike to uphold, is concerned that every litigation be fairly and impartially conducted and that verdicts of juries be rendered only on the issues made by the pleadings and the evidence. The public interest requires that the court of its own motion, as is its power and duty, protect suitors in their right to a verdict, uninfluenced by the appeals of counsel to passion or prejudice. See Union Pac. R. Co. v. Field, 8 Cir., 137 F. 14, 15; Brown v. Swineford, 44 Wis. 282, 293, 28 Am.Rep. 582. Where such paramount considerations are involved, the failure of counsel to particularize an exception will not preclude this Court from correcting the error. Brasfield v. United States, 272 U.S. 448 , 450, 47 S.Ct. 135, 71 L.Ed. 345.”
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.