Robert E. Fleming v. Albert L. Lawson’s Empirical Analysis
240 F.2d 119 · 1956
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently August 1994 · most notably Skogen v. The Dow Chemical Company (1967), Karns v. Emerson Electric Co. (1987)
24 federal appellate · 6 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 Bogk v. Gassert · London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. Woelfle · Home Ins. Co. of New York v. Davila · 40 Cal. 2d 160 - People v. Costa · Ries v. Cheyenne Cab & Transfer 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Although we are of the opinion that defendant could properly have sought a mistrial after his apprehensions became a reality, no such relief was sought. Absent such a motion, it is fundamental that he cannot await the outcome of the jury's action and then claim prejudice from an unfavorable verdict."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a motion for 'directed verdict made by a defendant at the conclusion of plaintiff's main case is waived by proceeding to submit his evidence to the jury unless renewed at the close of the case.'”
2 later decisions 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.