Scott v. Spanjer Bros.’s Empirical Analysis
298 F.2d 928 · 1962
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently September 2004 · most notably Reilly v. United States (1988), Bouse v. Cameron (1966)
42 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 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 Gunning v. Cooley · In Re Peterson · Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad · Fernandez v. United Fruit Co.
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Appellate courts no longer question the inherent power of a trial court to appoint an expert under proper circumstances, to aid it in the just disposition of a case.... [T]he appointment of an impartial ... expert by the court in the exercise of its sound discretion is an equitable and forward-looking technique for promoting the fair trial of a lawsuit. It is now well accepted that the trial judge is not a mere umpire at the trial; indeed, there may be circumstances in which he would have a duty to seek impartial assistance in order to enlighten the jury and himself on issues which have become confused because of partisanship in presentation.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Appellate courts no longer question the inherent power of a trial court to appoint an expert under proper circumstances to aid it in the just disposition of a case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The trial judge clearly has the authority to amend or modify a pre-trial order if this becomes necessary in the interest of justice. (Citations omitted.) To hold otherwise would make a straight-jacket out of a procedural reform which was intended to provide a useful device in the court’s search for truth.” Scott v. Spanjer Bros., Inc., 298 F.2d 928 at 931 (1962).”
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.