Wong v. Swier’s Empirical Analysis
267 F.2d 749 · 1959
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently March 2012 · most notably The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman (1969), Beers v. Bayliner Marine Corp. (1996)
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 2 · 28 U.S.C. § 2111
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Gunning v. Cooley · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Angel v. Bullington
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hen there is tampering with evidence, a presumption against the parties who are responsible arises. But the inference may be overcome by evidence in the record giving a satisfactory explanation, even when there is actual tampering.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is entitled to have his theory of the case presented to the jury by proper 2 instructions, if there be any evidence to support it.”
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.