Bowles v. Russell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(6) Reopening the Time to File an Appeal. “The district court may reopen the time to file an appeal for a period of 14 days after the date when its order to reopen is entered, but only if all the following conditions are satisfied: “(A) the motion is filed within 180 days after the judgment or order is entered or within 7 days after the moving party receives notice of the entry, whichever is earlier; “(B) the court finds that the moving party was entitled to notice of the entry of the judgment or order sought to be appealed but did not receive the notice from the district court or any party within 21 days after entry; and “(C) the court finds that no party would be prejudiced.” (Emphasis added.) 1”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bowles v. Russell

2. “The doctrine of the law of the case is similar [to issue preclusion] in that it limits relitigation of an issue once it has been decided, but the law of the case doctrine is concerned with the extent to which the law applied in decisions at various stages of the same litigation becomes the governing principle in later stages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 545 F. Supp. 2d 692 - Limited Brands, Inc. v. F.C. (Flying Cargo) Int'l Transportation Ltd.