Sowinski v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
4 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently April 2023 · most notably Ennen v. Integon Indemnity Corp. (2012), L.D.G., Inc. v. Robinson (2012)
4 district · 27 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
Applies 43 U.S.C. § 1610
Relies on Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. P Casey P Casey · State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell · Guin v. Ha · Ling v. Jan's Liquors · Congini by Congini v. PORTERSVILLE ETC.
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.
“overturn a jury instruction or special verdict form, we must conclude not only that the instruction or special verdict form was legally erroneous, but also that the verdict would probably have been different but for the error.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“both the nature of the conduct of each person at fault, and the extent of the causal relation between the conduct and the damages claimed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In fashioning ... remedies [for discovery order violations], Rule 37 commands courts to consider the nature and severity of the violation, the prejudice to the opposing party, and any other factors it deems appropriate.”
1 later decision 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.