Holmes v. Wack’s Empirical Analysis
464 F.2d 86 · 1972
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 25 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently December 2014 · most notably Malandris v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. (1981), Anderson v. Phillips Petroleum Co. (1988)
37 federal appellate · 25 district · 2 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 Ætna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Yeatts · Centraal Stikstof Verkoop-Kanter, N. V. v. Walsh Stevedoring Co. · Tidewater Oil Co. v. Waller · Continental Baking Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Utah Pie Company, a Utah Corporation, Carnation Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Utah Pie Company, a Utah Corporation, Pet Milk Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Utah Pie Company, a Utah Corporation
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Plaintiff asserts that no substantial evidence supports the verdict and that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. He made no motion for a directed verdict in the trial court ... Failure to move for a directed verdict bars appellate review of the sufficiency of the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Failure to move for a directed verdict bars appellate review of the sufficiency of the evidence.”
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.