Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
1,153 federal appellate · 573 district · 361 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4,931 later decisions (25 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2026 · most notably Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America (1994), Clinton v. Jones (1997)
1,153 federal appellate · 573 district · 361 state decisions — followed in 42 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedNASCO, Inc. v. Calcasieu Television & Radio, Inc. (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 401 · 28 U.S.C. § 1912 · 28 U.S.C. § 1927 · 28 U.S.C. § 2071
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · Link v. Wabash Railroad
Cited together with State v. Simpson · Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · Link v. Wabash Railroad · Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society
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 4,931 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Courts of justice are universally acknowledged to be vested, by their very creation, with power to impose silence, respect, and decorum, in their presence, and submission to their lawful mandates.”
104 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause of their very potency, inherent powers must be exercised with restraint and discretion.”
97 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons.”
51 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.