Thomas v. Computax Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
631 F.2d 139 · 1980
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently November 2013 · most notably Syncom Capital Corp. v. Wade (1991), Richardson v. Henry (1990)
46 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc. v. Shannon · Paul Rodger Weller v. Fred H. Dickson, Andrew Emmitte Pope v. Richard A. McGee · Clarence v. Watson v. Woodrow C. Button · Herron v. Rozelle
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the appellant intends to urge on appeal that a finding or conclusion is unsupported by the evidence or is contrary to the evidence, the appellant shall include in the record a transcript of all evidence relevant to such a finding or conclusion.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Failure of an appellant to take any step [in the prosecution of an appeal] ... is ground ... for such action as the court of appeals deems appropriate, which may include dismissal of the appeal.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“has failed to designate and prepare as part of the record on appeal the witness' testimony relevant to [his] contention[s]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pishdad · Pishdad v. Faye
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.