Alger v. Hayes’s Empirical Analysis
452 F.2d 841 · 1972
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 4 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently December 2023 · most notably United Coin Meter Company Inc v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad (1983), Rauch v. Day & Night Manufacturing Corp. (1978)
25 federal appellate · 4 district · 13 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 Nelson v. Keefer · Petschl v. United States · Drabik v. Murphy · Raughley v. Pennsylvania Railroad
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Rule 7(b) requires applications for an order to be in writing `unless made during a hearing or trial.' The type of `hearing' at which there is no need for reducing a motion to writing is one in which the proceedings are recorded. Hammond-Knowlton v. Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co., 26 F.Supp. 292, 293 (D.Conn.1939); Mitchell v. Public Service Coordinated Transport, 13 F.R.D. 96 (D.N.J.1952). The rule is explained in In re J. & M. Doyle Co., 130 F.2d 340, 341 [ (3d Cir.1942) ]: `If no written motion is filed ... it is apparent that within a very brief time neither the adverse parties nor the court will be able to tell what took place.' Judge Goodrich added in Raughley v. Pennsylvania R.R., 230 F.2d 387, 391 [ (3d Cir.1956) ]:”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not reflect a continuing objection to the power of the court to act over the defendant's person.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. A.O.A. v. Rennert · Yeldell v. Tutt“We think this plays 'fast and loose' with the power of the federal court and we disavow tolerance of such a procedure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Yeldell v. Tutt
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.