Mathis v. Laird’s Empirical Analysis
457 F.2d 926 · 1972
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 5 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably Nilsen v. City of Moss Point (1983), Smalls v. United States (2006)
27 federal appellate · 5 district · 9 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 Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · Carter v. Seamans · Williamson v. Columbia Gas & Electric Corp. · John A. Acree v. Air Line Pilots Association
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] ruling based on the statute of limitations is a decision on the merits for res judicata purposes.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he district court was correct in holding the action barred by the doctrine of res judicata.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[p]laintiff has already had not one but two days in court.”
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.