M. D. Rutledge v. Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company, a Division of American Biltrite, Inc., a Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
576 F.2d 248 · 1978
Citation profile
52 federal appellate · 13 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions — most recently April 2017 · most notably Pinney Dock & Transport Co. v. Penn Central Corp. (1988), Gibson v. United States (1986)
52 federal appellate · 13 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
Relies on City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell Corporation · Dayco Corp. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. · Rutledge v. Electric Hose & Rubber Co. · Mt. Hood Stages, Inc., Dba Pacific Trailways v. The Greyhound Corporation and Greyhound Lines, 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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he affirmative act of denying wrongdoing may constitute fraudulent concealment where the circumstances make the plaintiff's reliance upon the denial reasonable.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must plead with particularity the circumstances surrounding the concealment and state facts showing his due diligence in trying to uncover the facts.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“had neither actual nor constructive knowledge of the facts giving rise to [his] claim despite [his] diligence in trying to uncover those facts.”
4 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.