Robinson v. Computer Servicenters, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably 892 So. 2d 354 - Dzwonkowski v. Sonitrol of Mobile, Inc. (2004), Alabama Coalition for Equity, Inc. v. James (2002)
1 federal appellate · 42 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 Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Wetzel · Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Philadelphia Electric Co. · Powell v. Republic National Life Insurance Co. · Cates v. Bush · Arlinghaus v. Ritenour
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[t]he trial court cannot confer appellate jurisdiction upon this [Cjourt through directing entry of judgment under Rule 54(b) if the judgment is not otherwise”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“An appeal will not lie from an order or judgment which is nonfinal.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“"When more than one claim for relief is presented in an action, whether as a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, or when multiple parties are involved, the court may direct the entry of a final judgment as to one or more but fewer than all of the claims or parties only upon an express determination that there is no just reason for delay and upon an express direction for the entry of judgment."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.