Evers v. Equifax, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
650 F.2d 793 · 1981
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently January 2020 · most notably Gutierrez-Rodriguez v. Cartagena (1989), Dixon v. International Harvester Co. (1985)
35 federal appellate · 1 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 15 U.S.C. § 1681 · 15 U.S.C. § 1681N · 15 U.S.C. § 1681O
Relies on Gerry v. United States · General Protective Committee v. Securities & Exchange Commission · Lubbock Feed Lots, Inc. v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. · A. A. Spurlin, Surviving Parent of Douglas J. Spurlin, a Minor, Deceased v. General Motors Corporation · Finn v. American Fire & Casualty Co.
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a district court's denial or grant of a new trial is within its discretion and is ordinarily nonreviewable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“award sufficient damages to prevent a recurrence of similar incidents.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“closing argument together with the amount of the award, is sufficient evidence to justify the district court's conclusion that the jury awarded punitive damages as well as actual damages”
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.