Scott v. Eversole Mortuary’s Empirical Analysis
522 F.2d 1110 · 1975
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2024 · most notably Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Department (1990), City of Memphis v. Greene (1981)
46 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Foman v. Davis · Griffin v. Breckenridge · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there are special circumstances which make it clear that a court determined that the action could not be saved by any amendment of the complaint,”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because the district judge did not allow leave to amend, he must have determined that the action could not be saved by amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Albano v. D Harris a“Ordinarily an order dismissing a complaint but not dismissing the action is not appealable under section 1291”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Baker v. Packebush
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.