Dewey v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
180 F.2d 766 · 1950
Citation profile
154 federal appellate · 36 district · 107 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 331 later decisions — most recently October 2005 · most notably United Oil Co. v. Urban Redevelopment Commission (1969), Henry S. Bloomgarden v. Charles B. Coyer (1973)
154 federal appellate · 36 district · 107 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. · Associated Press v. United States · Arnstein v. Porter · Associated Press v. United States · Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland 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 331 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless the evidence on one or the other hand is too incredible to be accepted by reasonable minds or is without legal probative force even if true....”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits * * * show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The summons provided for by section 16-1501 shall be served seven days, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, before the day fixed for the trial of the action. If the defendant has left the District of Columbia, or cannot be found, the summons may be served by delivering a copy thereof to the tenant, or by leaving a copy with some person above the age of sixteen years residing on or in possession of the premises sought to be recovered, and if no one is in actual possession of the premises, or residing thereon, by posting a copy of the summons on the premises where it may be conveniently read.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bevins v. Lewis
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.