Brown v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
588 F.2d 708 · 1978
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably Molski v. Mj Cable Inc (2007), Carlton v. H. C. Price Co. (1981)
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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. § 1442
Relies on Pan American Realty Trust v. Twenty One Kings, Inc. · Pan American Realty Trust v. Twenty One Kings, 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n an action tried without a jury, [a new trial may be granted] for any of the reasons for which rehearings have heretofore been granted in suits in equity in the courts of the United States.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1.) manifest error of fact; (2.) manifest error of law; or (3.) newly discovered evidence.”
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.