Johnson v. Flemming’s Empirical Analysis
264 F.2d 322 · 1959
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently September 1995 · most notably Grose v. Cohen (1969), United Mine Workers, International Union v. Dole (1989)
15 federal appellate · 6 district · 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 Union Nat Bank of Wichita Kansas v. Lamb · People v. Ocean Shore Railroad, Inc. · Hobby v. Hodges · Third Nat Bank of Louisville v. Stone
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The general problem is a recurring one of many aspects both under Rule 6(a) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S. C.A. and various statutes. However, it seems clear that the considerations of liberality and leniency which find ex pression in Rule 6(a) ... are applicable to statutory interpretation ... and as we stated in United States v. Peters, 220 F.2d 544, 546 [(10th Cir.1955)] “* * * while there is clear divergence of authority on the question, we share the view that in the absence of a controlling statute providing otherwise, when the last day of the period fixed for the doing of an act falls on Sunday, it may be done on the succeeding Monday.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bailey v. Faux“(g) Any individual, after any final decision of the Secretary made after a hearing to which he was a party, irrespective of the amount in controversy, may obtain a review of such decision by a civil action commenced within sixty days after the mailing to him of notice of such decision or within such further time as the Secretary may allow. * * * [Emphasis supplied].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the considerations of liberality and leniency which find expression in Rule 6(a) ... are applicable to statutory interpretation”
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.