In re Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · Pledger v. Medlock · Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight · Weissbrodt v. White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona · Shields v. Citytrust Bancorp, 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under Rule 60(b)(4) a deferential standard of review is not appropriate because if the underlying judgment is void, it is a per se abuse of discretion for a district court to deny a movant's motion to vacate the judgment under Rule 60(b)(4).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or a party's legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.”
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.