Patton v. Archer’s Empirical Analysis
590 F.2d 1319 · 1979
Citation profile
26 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 7 U.S.C. § 181 (Packers and Stockyards Act)
Relies on Meaders v. Biskamp · Delancey v. Motichek Towing Service, Inc. · Charles R. Little, Cross-Appellee v. Bankers Life and Casualty Company, Cross-Appellant · American Lease Plans, Inc. v. Houghton Construction Company, Inc., No. 73-3077 Summary Calendar. Rule 18, 5 Cir. See Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. Of New York, 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so fundamental as to result in a miscarriage of justice,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Myles Osterneck, Cross-Appellees v. E.T. Barwick Industries, Inc., E.T. Barwick, M.E. Kellar, Cross-Appellee, Buford Talley, Cross- Ernst & Whinney, Cross-Appellant. Myles Osterneck v. E.T. Barwick Industries, Inc., Ernest & Whinney, Myles Osterneck, Cross-Appellants v. E.T. Barwick Industries, Inc., Melvin E. Kellar and Buford A. Talley, Cross-Appellees · Hunt v. Lobby
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.