Dove v. Codesco’s Empirical Analysis
569 F.2d 807 · 1978
Citation profile
152 federal appellate · 3 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 262 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2018 · most notably Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co. (1982), Harcon Barge Co. v. D & G Boat Rentals, Inc. (1986)
152 federal appellate · 3 district · 10 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. § 1404 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Link v. Wabash Railroad · Durham v. Florida East Coast Railway Co. · Raymond MOORE, Appellant, v. ST. LOUIS MUSIC SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., Appellee · Paris Reizakis v. Albert E. Loy
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 262 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[n]otwithstanding a plaintiff's own reliance on Rule 60(b), where a postjudgment motion is timely filed and 'calls into question the correctness of that judgment it should be treated as a motion under Rule 59(e), however it may be formally styled.'”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[D]ismissal power should be exercised only in the face of a clear record of delay or contumacious conduct by the plaintiff.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“While the power to dismiss clearly lies with the district courts, it is appropriately exercised only with restraint. 'Against the power to prevent delays must be weighed the sound public policy of deciding cases on their merits.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Carter v. University of West Virginia System, Bd. of Trustees · Bernard J. Hillig Barbara J. Hillig Louis D. Napoli Carol B. Napoli Barry G. Brotman Elizabeth M. Brotman Alfred P. Coccaro Elizabeth M. Coccaro v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Joel B. Bowers Susan G. Bowers Robert L. Hamm v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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.