United States v. Webb’s Empirical Analysis
655 F.2d 977 · 1981
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 18 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 129 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Ascon Properties, Inc. v. Mobil Oil Co. (1989), DCD Programs, Ltd. v. Leighton (1987)
51 federal appellate · 18 district ·
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 43 U.S.C. § 869 (Recreation and Public Purposes Amendment)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Foman v. Davis · Magna Oil Corp. v. Bateson · United States v. Coleman · Howey v. United States
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 129 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rule 15's policy of favoring amendments to pleadings ... with 'extreme liberality,'”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a court must be guided by the underlying purpose of Rule 15-to facilitate decision on the merits rather than on the pleadings or technicalities.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the absence of some statement of reasons or findings of fact showing bad faith or prejudice, we cannot determine whether it was an abuse of discretion to deny Webb's motion for leave to amend his pleadings.”
3 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.