Farmer v. Arabian American Oil Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
307 federal appellate · 158 district · 37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,162 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2018 · most notably Crawford Fitting Company v. Jt Gibbons Inc Champion International Corporation (1987), Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. (1967)
307 federal appellate · 158 district · 37 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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
reviewedFarmer v. Arabian American Oil Co. (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1783 · 28 U.S.C. § 1821 · 28 U.S.C. § 1920
Relies on Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad · Kemart Corp. v. Printing Arts Research Laboratories, Inc. · Farmer v. Arabian American Oil Co. · Farmer v. Arabian American Oil Co.
Cited together with Crawford Fitting Company v. Jt Gibbons Inc Champion International Corporation · Henkel v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry. Co. · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Hensley v. Eckerhart · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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 1,162 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the discretion given district judges to tax costs should be sparingly exercised with reference to expenses not specifically allowed by statute.”
50 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“costs shall be allowed as of course to the prevailing party unless the court otherwise directs”
27 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“That rule, we think, is a proper and necessary consideration in exercising discre tion in this field. The century and-a-half old special statutory provision relating to service of subpoenaes more than 100 miles from the courthouse is designed not only to protect witnesses from the harassment of long, tiresome trips but also, in line with our national policy, to minimize the costs of litigation.”
3 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.