Bryan v. BRYAN’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
2 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently June 2007 · most notably Hamilton v. Patterson (1960), Chewning v. Ford Motor Co. (2003)
2 district · 19 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 Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. · United States v. Throckmorton · Bryan v. Bryan · Turner v. Southern Ry. Co. · Ward v. Bruce
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Equitable relief from a judgment is denied in cases of intrinsic fraud, on the theory that an issue which has been tried and passed upon in the original action should not be retried in an action for equitable relief against the judgment, and that otherwise litigation would be interminable; relief is granted for extrinsic fraud on the theory that by reason of the fraud preventing a party from fully exhibiting and trying his case, there never has been a real contest before the court of the subject matter of the action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[N]ot every fraud is sufficient to move a court of equity to grant relief from a judgment. Generally speaking, in order to secure equitable relief, it must appear that the fraud was extrinsic or collateral to the question examined and determined in the action in which the judgment was rendered: intrinsic fraud is not sufficient for equitable relief.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * Assuming, without deciding, that there may be exceptional cases justifying equitable relief on the ground that a judgment was procured by false testimony, there is certainly no showing in the instant case warranting a departure from the general rule. The pleadings in the action in which the judgment was obtained clearly disclosed the issues upon which proof would be offered. Respondent was not misled as to the nature of the evidence he would be required to meet. There is no showing that he was prevented by appellants from fully presenting his case. The jury had a full opportunity of passing on the credibility of the testimony now claimed to be false. There is no good reason to suppose that' a court of equity is any more competent to try the disputed issues of fact than the tribunal in which the case was tried.””
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.