Vaughn v. Vaughn’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2010 · most notably Coleman v. Thompson (1991), School Board v. Caudill Rowlett Scott, Inc. (1989)
6 federal appellate · 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
Relies on Tharp v. Commonwealth · Mears v. Mears
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“appeal was not perfected according to law,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[the][n]otice of appeal and assignments of error must be filed “within thirty days after entry of final judgment.” Rule 5:6 [Revised 1985]. That rule, like its predecessor, Rule 5:1, § 4, is mandatory. Mears v. Mears, 206 Va. 444, 445 , 143 S.E.2d 889, 890 (1965). Petitions for appeal must be presented within four months following final judgment. Code 8-463 [now Code § 8.01-671]. That rule is jurisdictional. Tharp v. Commonwealth, 211 Va. 1 , 175 S.E.2d 277 (1970). As to Carolyn F. Vaughn, individually, appellants failed to comply with those rules. Carolyn F. Vaughn, administratrix, is not a party-respondent in interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Carolyn F. Vaughn, Administratrix of the Estate of Donald W. Vaughn, Jr.,”
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.