United States v. Kirkpatrick’s Empirical Analysis
186 F.2d 393 · 1951
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently June 1974 · most notably United States v. O'Connor (1961), Texas Co. v. R. O'Brien & Co. (1957)
30 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 28 U.S.C. § 1916 · 28 U.S.C. § 44
Relies on Kimberly v. Arms · Lewis v. Reynolds · Los Angeles Brush Mfg Corporation v. James · Adventures in Good Eating, Inc. v. Best Places to Eat, Inc. · The John Twohy Duche Sons v. The John Twohy
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a reference shall be made only upon a showing that some exceptional condition requires it”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A reference to a master shall be the exception and not the rule”
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.