Smith v. Hayward’s Empirical Analysis
193 F.2d 198 · 1951
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 3
Relies on Precision Instrument Mfg Co v. Automotive Maintenance Machinery Co · Walling v. James V. Reuter, Inc. · Frost v. Martin · Josserand v. Taylor · Learned v. Thompson
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Wjhere counsel by due diligence could have adduced the controverted evidence in the interference proceeding, a party or his legal representative may not be relieved here of his inadvertence or neglect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Linkow v. Linkow
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.