Thomas S. Barrett, Sr. v. James A. Baylor’s Empirical Analysis
457 F.2d 119 · 1972
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Sundstrand Corp. v. Sun Chemical Corp. (1977), Panter v. Marshall Field & Co. (1981)
39 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1652 (Rules of Decision Act)
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Scalza v. United States · Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Field · King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America · Byrne v. Karalexis
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is a rule of practice, based on sound policy that, when an issue is once litigated and decided, that should be the end of the matter.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It follows from what has been said that in a non-federal matter where the state substantive rule has been established in state court litigation that is still pending or has been dismissed without prejudice, the state rule constitutes the law of the case in another action in the federal court involving the same matter and the same parties, or those in privy with them, unless, of course, the rule enunciated no longer represents the state law.”
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.