Frey v. Frankel’s Empirical Analysis
361 F.2d 437 · 1966
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently January 2005 · most notably Warrior Tombigbee Transportation Co. v. M/V Nan Fung (1983), Gray F. Madison, Sr., and Elizabeth B. Madison, Husband and Wife, Plaintiffs v. Deseret Livestock Company, a Utah Corporation (1978)
47 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 701
Relies on Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · Lion Manufacturing Corp. v. McGuire · Bushman Construction Co. v. Conner · Heine v. First Trust 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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under the rule dealing with summary judgment, no margin exists for the disposition of factual issues, and the summary judgment procedure does not serve as a substitute for a trial of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when the order of confirmation became final, the rights of the party were fixed as of its entry, * * * When the plan became effective, Frey's position with the corporation was terminated, and he had no legal right to employment.”
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.