Agricultural Services Ass'n v. Ferry-Morse Seed Co.’s Empirical Analysis
551 F.2d 1057 · 1977
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 3 district · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently June 2006 · most notably Hobson v. Wilson (1984), Grantham & Mann Inc. v. American Safety Products, Inc. (1987)
24 federal appellate · 3 district · 15 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Eastman Kodak Co of New York v. Southern Photo Materials Co · 13 Cal. 3d 622 - Rossmoor Sanitation, Inc. v. Pylon, 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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A finding is “clearly erroneous” when, although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“damages are not permitted which are remote and speculative in nature.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A plaintiff 'must present "data from which the amount of probable loss could be ascertained as a matter of reasonable inference.”
1 later decision 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.