Margaret Marshall v. George J. Mulrenin’s Empirical Analysis
508 F.2d 39 · 1974
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 20 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently January 2013 · most notably Walko Corp. v. Burger Chef Systems, Inc. (1977), Ringrose v. Engelberg Huller Co. (1982)
12 federal appellate · 20 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Hanna v. Plumer · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whenever the claim or defense asserted in the amended pleading arose out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set forth or attempted to be set forth in the original pleading, the amendment (including an amendment changing a party) relates back to the original pleading.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“The court may, at any time before final judgment, except as otherwise provided, allow amendments introducing a necessary party or changing the form of the action, and may allow any other amendment in matter of form or substance in any process, pleading or proceeding, which may enable the plaintiff to sustain the action for the cause for which it was intended to be brought, or enable the defendant to make a legal defence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“unless before the expiration thereof the writ in such action has been served by delivery in hand upon such executor or administrator or service thereof accepted by him or a notice stating ... has been filed in the proper registry of probate.” See note 2. supra, These provisions require either notice filed in the appropriate registry before the expiration of the statutory period of limitations or such service (”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Touzin v. Smith
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.