Wilver v. Fisher’s Empirical Analysis
387 F.2d 66 · 1967
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently February 2012 · most notably DeCosta v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (1975), Tpo, Incorporated v. Hon. Thomas R. McMillen (1972)
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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 La Buy v. Howes Leather Co. · Bell v. School City of Gary, Indiana · Meeker v. Rizley · Howes Leather Company, Inc. And Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated v. Honorable Walter J. La Buy, Howes Leather Company, Inc. v. Honorable Walter J. La Buy
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fact that the parties agreed to such anomalous procedure does not make it permissible. . . . The court has control over and responsibility for the discovery procedures authorized by the rules. The order of reference here borders on an abdication of judicial function. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“reference to a master shall be the exception and not the rule.”
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.