Potter v. Gilkey’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently April 2000
7 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
Relies on Federal Trade Commission v. Simplicity Pattern Co. · City of Los Angeles v. Public Utilities Commission of California · Phelps v. Woodward Con. Co., N. Util. · Mefford v. Gardner · United States v. Hatahley
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Here the finding of assignment was improper because the trial court had no authority to try any issues other than those directed by the former mandate and opinion or any that were necessary to reach a decision on the mandated issues and which had not already been decided. See Kuhlmann v. Persinger, 261 Iowa 461 , 154 N.W.2d 860 (1967); Van Orman v. Nelson, 80 N.M. 119 , 452 P.2d 188 (1969); Michna v. City of Houston, 534 S.W.2d 728 (Tex.Civ.App.1976), reh. denied. * * **" Potter v. Gilkey, Wyo., 570 P.2d 449, 454 (1977).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Paul v. Paul“"* * * upon remand the district court has only such jurisdiction as the opinion and mandate of this court confer. * * * "The opinion of the court in the former appeal * * * is the law of the case and is binding upon this court on a second ap-oM * * * # * * "Whether right or wrong, the mandate and direction in the opinion is the limit and extent of the jurisdiction of the district court on remand. * * *"”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Paul v. Paul“[i]f a cause is remanded for a specified purpose, any proceedings inconsistent therewith are error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.