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175 Wis. 2d 178 - Nelson v. Taff’s Empirical Analysis

1993

Citation profile

32
cited by 32 later decisions
1
states following
October 2017
most recently cited

30 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably State v. Henley (2010), 193 Wis. 2d 6 - Peplinski v. Fobe's Roofing, Inc. (1995)

30 state decisions

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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 18 U.S.C. § 1964 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)

Relies on Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · Bankers Mortgage Co. v. United States · 122 Wis. 2d 536 - State Ex Rel. MLB v. DGH · National Conversion Corp. v. Cedar Building Corp. · 164 Wis. 2d 306 - D'Huyvetter v. A.O. Smith Harvestore Products

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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[t]he trial court has wide discretion in instructing a jury, and if its instructions adequately cover the law, there is no erroneous exercise of discretion when the court refuses to give a requested instruction, even if the proposed instruction is correct.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “(1) On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court, subject to subs. (2) and (3) may relieve a party or legal representative from a judgment, order or stipulation for the following reasons: (g) It is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application; or (h) Any other reasons justifying relief from the operation of the judgment.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “For assistance in construction of sec. 806.07, Stats., we may refer to federal cases interpreting Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure”
    2 later decisions 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.