Ashford v. Steuart’s Empirical Analysis
657 F.2d 1053 · 1981
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 10 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 112 later decisions — most recently July 2020 · most notably Kagan v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. (1986), Meiboom v. Watson (2000)
36 federal appellate · 10 district · 9 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 Security Mutual Casualty Company v. Century Casualty Company · Quincy Lairsey and Frances Lairsey v. The Advance Abrasives Company · Corex Corporation v. United States · Tillman 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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“What constitutes 'reasonable time' depends on the facts of each case, taking into consideration the interest in finality, the reason for delay, the practical ability of the litigant to learn earlier of the grounds relied upon, and prejudice to the other parties.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[M]istake of fact may be grounds under an action in equity to grant relief as provided under Rule 60(b)(7). It states "any other reason justifying relief from the operation of a judgment." Further, the Supreme Court of this state has ruled erroneous assumptions may be grounds for entering a new order.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not more than one year after the judgment ... was entered.”
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.