Forrest v. Beloit Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
424 F.3d 344 · 2005
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Blunt v. Lower Merion School District (2014), Berg Chilling Systems, Inc. v. Hull Corp. (2006)
19 federal appellate · 6 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 Batson v. Kentucky · Hanna v. Plumer · Hernandez v. New York · Purkett v. Elem · Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete 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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) similarity — the defendant must show that the proffered testimony relates to substantially identical products used in similar circumstances; (b) breadth — the defendant must provide the court with information concerning the number of prior units sold and the extent of prior use; and (c) awareness— the defendant must show that it would likely have known of prior accidents had they occurred.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An error will be deemed harmless only if it is `highly probable' that the error did not affect the outcome of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clearly erroneous finding of fact, errant conclusion of law or an improper application of law to fact”
2 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.