Madsen v. Bumb’s Empirical Analysis
419 F.2d 4 · 1969
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably Keegel v. Key West & Caribbean Trading Co. (1980), Kirtland v. Fort Morgan Auth. Sewer Serv., Inc. (1988)
22 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 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 Turner v. Louisiana · Dyer v. Murray · Sackett v. Beaman · The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a Corporation v. Jessie W. Jackson · Provident Security Life Insurance v. Gorsuch
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mere general denial without facts to support it”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For good cause shown the court may set aside an entry of default and, if a judgment by default has been entered, may likewise set it aside in accordance with Rule 60(b).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“opportunity to weigh the equities of the case.”
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.