Simpson v. Norwesco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
583 F.2d 1007 · 1978
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently December 2013 · most notably Sanders v. Clemco Industries (1988), May Marine Supply Company v. Brunswick Corporation (1981)
45 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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 South Dakota v. Nebraska · William J. Schneider v. Chrysler Motors Corporation, a Corporation, and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, a Corporation, William J. Schneider v. Chrysler Corporation, a Corporation · Peter Kiewit Sons' Company v. Summit Construction Company and General Insurance Company of America, Summit Construction Company and General Insurance Company of America v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Company, General Insurance Company of America v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Company · General Insurance Company of America v. Hercules Construction Company, a Corporation, Hercules Construction Company, a Corporation v. General Insurance Company of America · Hubert Y. Linn v. Roy M. Garcia and Milo Mally
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Huston's] 'intent [to appeal both cases] is apparent and there is no prejudice to the adverse part[ies].'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In ruling on the admissibility of evidence, the trial court has a wide area of discretion.... The trial judge is in a position to weigh the exigencies of a particular case, and his discretion when expressed within the proper limits will not be disturbed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[t]he prevailing party is entitled to prejudgment interest only if damages are certain or capable of being made certain by calculation; prejudgment interest is not to be awarded if the damages are uncertain until determined by the trier of fact.'”
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.