Blizard v. Frechette’s Empirical Analysis
601 F.2d 1217 · 1979
Citation profile
49 federal appellate · 28 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably Apple v. Jewish Hospital & Medical Center (1987), Hale v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (1985)
49 federal appellate · 28 district · 6 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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters · Hazelwood School District v. United States · Barrett v. Zweibon · Davis v. Board of School Commissioners
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must hear cases unless some reasonable factual basis to doubt the impartiality or fairness of the tribunal is shown by some kind of probative evidence,”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“his impartiality might reasonably be questioned”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““... appellant argues that the Judge’s recitation of record support for all of his less-than-complimentary findings of fact demonstrates a subjective, self-justifying approach to the section 455(a) issue where an objective evaluation of the appearance created by his prior words and acts was called for. We disagree. As a finder of fact ..., a trial judge must give his candid evaluation of plaintiff’s case. If a case is weak to the point of frivolousness, it is appropriate to say so. (Emphasis added.) Id., at 1220 .”
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.