Reel v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. United States · Smithey v. Sinclair Refining Co. · Modaber v. Kelley · United States v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. · Murphy v. Virginia Carolina Freight Lines, Inc.
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we examine the record . . . to determine if the trial judge abused his discretion”
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.