Diapulse Corporation of America v. Carba, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
626 F.2d 1108 · 1980
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 6 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions — most recently November 2018 · most notably Baldwin-United Corporation (1985), Stroh Container Company v. Delphi Industries Inc Delphi Industries Inc (1986)
35 federal appellate · 6 district · 12 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 Wilko v. Swan · Schmidt v. Lessard · International Longshoremen's Ass'n, Local 1291 v. Philadelphia Marine Trade Ass'n · International Ass'n of Machinists v. Central Airlines, Inc. · I/S Stavborg v. National Metal Converters, 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.
“The purpose of arbitration is to permit a relatively quick and inexpensive resolution of contractual disputes by avoiding the expense and delay of extended court proceedings.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) [w]here there was an evident material miscalculation of figures or an evident material mistake in the description of any person, thing, or property referred to in the award [;] (b) [w]here the arbitrators have awarded upon a matter not submitted to them, unless it is a matter not affecting the merits of the decision upon the matter submitted [; or] (c) [w]here the award is imperfect in a matter of form not affecting the merits of the controversy.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] court is required to frame its orders so that those who must obey them will know what the court intends to forbid.”
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.