Stephen J. Kozan v. Dr. Glenn E. Comstock’s Empirical Analysis
270 F.2d 839 · 1959
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 1 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2017 · most notably Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson (1971), Waldman v. Rohrbaugh (1966)
35 federal appellate · 1 district · 27 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co. · 6 Cal. 2d 302 - Huysman v. Kirsch · Guy v. SCHULDT · William M'Cluny v. Wyllis Silliman · Stewart v. Rudner
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is imposed by law and is something over and above any contractual duty.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"Article 13 of the Louisiana Code of Practice provides: `The forms, the effects, and the prescription of actions, are governed by the law of the place where they are brought * * *' This article expresses the general rule, supported by ample Louisiana authority, that prescription is procedural and the law of the forum governs. "The principle that the prescriptive law of the forum governs is not without exceptions. If a foreign statute of limitations not only bars the remedy but extinguishes the substantive right as well, then the forum will apply the limitation period of the foreign jurisdiction."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Article 13 of the Louisiana Code of Practice provides: `The forms, the effects, and the prescription of actions, are governed by the law of the place where they are brought * * *' This article expresses the general rule, supported by ample Louisiana authority, that prescription is procedural and the law of the forum governs.”
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.