Major v. Shaver’s Empirical Analysis
187 F.2d 211 · 1951
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 10 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably Kosty v. Lewis (1963), 131 F. Supp. 165 - Loew's Incorporated v. Columbia Broadcasting System (1955)
10 federal appellate · 10 district · 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 Russell v. Todd · Russell v. Todd · Starkweather v. Jenner · Jones v. Page
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * The doctrine of laches is ‘the principle that equity will not aid a plaintiff whose unexcused delay, if the suit were allowed, would be prejudicial to the defendant.’ Russell v. Todd, 309 U.S. 280, 287 , 60 S.Ct. 527, 531 , 84 L.Ed. 754 ; ' * * * in considering questions of laches, the utmost leniency is manifested by the courts where it appears that the delay is due to the intimate personal relations existing between the parties and the high degree of confidence reposed by one in another. In such case, and especially when the family relation exists, the same degree of diligence is seldom required.’ Horton v. Horton, 63 App.D.C. 375, 376 , 72 F.2d 831, 832 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Curles v. Curles
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.