Evans v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
319 F.2d 751 · 1963
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently August 2014
18 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 McAllister v. United States · In Re Disbarment of Isserman · Homestake Mining Company and Homestake-New Mexico Partners v. Mid-Continent Exploration Company, Rio De Oro Uranium Mines, Inc. v. Homestake Mining Company, J. H. Whitney & Co., White, Weld & Co., and San Jacinto Petroleum Corp. v. Homestake Mining Company, United Western Minerals Company v. Rio De Oro Uranium Mines, Inc., J. H. Whitney & Co., White, Weld & Co., San Jacinto Petroleum Corp., Clyde Osborn, and Homestake Mining Company, Homestake Mining Company v. Rio De Oro Uranium Mines, Inc., United Western Minerals Company, J. H. Whitney & Co., White, Weld & Co., San Jacinto Petroleum Corp., and Clyde Osborn · Caddy-Imler Creations, Inc. v. Caddy · McGowan v. United States
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'left with the definitive and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]indings of fact shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court to judge of the credibility of the witnesses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“h(e)ld a trial de novo in which . . . every disputed factual controversy and every possible inference is earnestly debated, measured, evaluated, and tallied.”
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.