Swanson v. Levy’s Empirical Analysis
509 F.2d 859 · 1975
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably Dewitt Truck Brokers, Inc. v. W. Ray Flemming Fruit Co. (1976), Mediterranean Enterprises, Inc. v. Ssangyong Corp. (1983)
57 federal appellate · 2 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 National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. · Bangor Punta Operations, Inc. v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad · Irish v. United States · Waialua Agr. Co. v. Maneja
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n appellate court may affirm on the basis of any evidence in the record that supports the trial court's judgment. The failure to make an express finding of fact by the district court 'does not require remand if a complete understanding of the issues may be had without the aid of separate findings.'”
14 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Home Indemnity Company v. Arapahoe Drilling Company, Inc. · Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 91,479 in Re U.S. Financial Securities Litigation. Societe Generale De Banque, Rentinvest, North American Fund a and Itf Fund, Ltd. v. Touche Ross & Co., Societe Generale De Banque, Rentinvest, North American Fund a and Itf Fund, Ltd. v. Brown, Wood, Fuller, Caldwell & Ivey and Brown, Wood, Ivey, Mitchell & Petty“When there is a failure to make . . . necessary findings this court will not dismiss [an ] appeal, but ordinarily vacates the judgment and remands the case to the district court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Graves v. Myrvang“The requirement that the district court find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law must be fairly observed and may not be waived by the parties.”
1 later decision 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.