Meyer v. Frank’s Empirical Analysis
550 F.2d 726 · 1977
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2016 · most notably Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. Tomanio (1980), Quinn v. Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corp. (1980)
26 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 Monroe v. Pape · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Holmberg v. Armbrecht · International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp. · Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al.
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The policy of repose behind the statute of limitations protects defendants ‘by preventing surprises through the revival of claims that have been allowed to slumber until evidence has been lost, memories have faded, and witnesses have disappeared’ ... It also protects the courts by relieving the burden of trying stale claims when a plaintiff has slept on his rights.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In practice, resolution of the tolling question involves striking a balance between protection of the substantive federal policy under consideration on the one hand and protection of the policy behind the statute of limitations on the other hand. The plaintiff’s conduct, particularly his diligence in pressing his claim also is taken into account.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(i)t is well settled that the federal courts have the power to toll statutes of limitations borrowed from state law in appropriate circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.