Christensson v. Hogdal’s Empirical Analysis
199 F.2d 402 · 1952
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 5 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently February 1990 · most notably Marschall v. City of Carson (1970), 335 F. Supp. 95 - United States v. Marple Community Record, Inc. (1971)
15 federal appellate · 5 district · 10 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 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 31 · 35 U.S.C. § 32
Relies on United States Baldwin Co v. Robertson · Stone v. Bank of Commerce · James Conolly v. Richard Taylor · Continental Distilling Corp. v. Old Charter Distillery Co.
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The modern rule is liberal in permitting the amendment of pleadings to show that the court has jurisdiction. See 3 Moore’s Federal Practice 836-38 (2d Ed. 1948). The same is true of amendments which work a change in the relief prayed, at least where the scope of relief is diminished and where the defendant suffers no preju dice. U. S. Casualty Co. v. District Columbia, 1939, 71 App.D.C. 92 , 103-104, 107 F.2d 652 , 663-664. In the case before us we fail to see how the striking of prayers 3 and 4 could have prejudiced the defendant.” Of”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Whenever the claim or defense asserted in the amended pleading arose out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set forth or attempted to be set forth in the original pleading, the amendment relates back to the date of the original pleading.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““But even though the complaint was defective because it sought ‘other relief,’ and though we may further assume that under 35 U.S.C.A. § 72 (a) this defect was jurisdictional, it does not follow that the District Court lacked power to permit the amendment which Christensson requested. Technical defects in jurisdiction have long been subject to correction in the course of judicial proceedings * * *. The modem rule is liberal in permitting the amendment of pleadings to show that the court has jurisdiction.””
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.