Ag Pro, Inc. v. Sakraida’s Empirical Analysis
512 F.2d 141 · 1975
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2013 · most notably Sakraida v. Ag Pro, Inc. (1976), Rozier v. Ford Motor Co. (1978)
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Greenspahn v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · United States v. 41 Cases, More or Less · Ledet v. United States · Ag Pro, Inc. v. Sakraida
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the evidence was discovered following the trial; (2) due diligence on the part of the movant to discover the new evidence is shown or may be inferred; (3) the evidence is not merely cumulative or impeaching; (4) the evidence is material; (5) the evidence is such that a new trial would probably produce a new result.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“with directions to enter a judgment holding the patent valid, subject, however, to . . . consideration of a motion under Rule 60(b) (2), F.R.Civ.P., to be filed in the District Court by the (petitioner) Sakraida on the issue of patent validity based on newly discovered evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“That spirit of finality which is implicit in all judgments, commands that courts be cautious in exercising the discretion vested in them to reopen proceedings for a new trial....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Washington v. Patlis
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.