Jaffke v. Dunham’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
437 federal appellate · 12 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 698 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2024 · most notably Dandridge v. Williams (1970), United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co. (1975)
437 federal appellate · 12 district · 18 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedIn the Matter of Robert L. Knetzer, Bankrupt. Robert W. Jaffke v. William C. Dunham, as Trustee of the Estate of Robert L. Knetzer, Bankrupt (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Langnes v. Green · United States v. American Ry Express Co Southeastern Express Co · Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co. · In the Matter of Robert L. Knetzer, Bankrupt. Robert W. Jaffke v. William C. Dunham, as Trustee of the Estate of Robert L. Knetzer, Bankrupt
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 698 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A successful party in the District Court may sustain its judgment on any ground that finds support in the record.”
21 later decisions 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.