Horace Case v. Arthur E. Morrisette’s Empirical Analysis
475 F.2d 1300 · 1973
Citation profile
52 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently February 2014 · most notably United States v. Haldeman (1976), In re Sealed Case (1984)
52 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 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. § 2106
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Duberstein D Stanton · Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) finding is 'clearly erroneous' when although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[T]he court on appeal shall not set aside the findings or judgment unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court to judge the credibility of the witnesses.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A) finding is 'clearly erroneous' if it is without substantial evidentiary support or if it was induced by an erroneous application of the law. Beyond that, '(a) finding is "clearly erroneous”
2 later decisions 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.