Smith v. Morrison-Knudsen Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Washingtonsouthern Nav Co v. Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co · Richmond v. Brooks · Hyam v. American Export Lines, Inc. · Woods v. Kornfeld · 26 F. Supp. 420 - C. F. Simonin's Sons, Inc. v. American Can 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Such decisions as exist in this field of the law [Federal discovery rules] indicate that there may be circumstances under which a plaintiff may take his own deposition upon written interrogatories. The present case, however, is res integra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reynolds v. Reynolds“The defendants also argue that the words `any party' in F.R.C.P. 26(a) and 31, should be restricted to mean only an adverse party. There is no merit to that contention.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reynolds v. Reynolds
How this case has been treated — in progress
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