Wright Root Beer Co. of New Orleans, Inc. v. Dr. Pepper Co.’s Empirical Analysis
414 F.2d 887 · 1969
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently May 2005 · most notably Jackson v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (1982), Joe E. Cooper, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Asplundh Tree Expert Company, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee (1988)
19 federal appellate · 2 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 Miller v. International Paper Co. · Mayo v. Pioneer Bank & Trust Co. · Miller v. Housing Authority of New Orleans · Genevieve Derewecki, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph W. Derewecki, Deceased v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Corporation · Freeman v. Department of Highways
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under Rule 26(d)(3), F.R.Civ.P., as a matter of right, a party may introduce the deposition of a deceased witness with no strings attached. The trial court has no discretion to conditionally admit such a deposition____ Opposing counsel was admittedly present at the depositions and did cross-examine the deponents. Whether the cross was extended or limited was left to counsel’s judgment, and to the strategy that is inherent in a trial lawyer’s decision. The unexpected is to be expected at the trial of cases, including the necessity for using depositions when the deponent has met an untimely death before trial. Wright’s counsel did not, indeed could not, contend that his cross was limited in any way except his own choice.”
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.