Wooley v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.’s Empirical Analysis
281 F.2d 78 · 1960
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently September 2002 · most notably Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road (1961), Spence v. Board of Education of Christina School District (1986)
26 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp. · Nanty-Glo Boro. v. American Surety Co. · Consolidated Gas & Equipment Co. v. Carver · Swift & Co. v. Morgan & Sturdivant · Pearl Thomas, Administratrix of the Estate of Lewis Samuel Thomas, Deceased v. Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad Company
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so grossly excessive as to shock the judicial conscience”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to the sound discretion of the trial court, and we may not disturb his determination, unless a 'manifest abuse of discretion' be shown.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“has exercised his considered judgment as to a rational verdict in a judicial manner.”
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.