Melancon v. Texaco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
659 F.2d 551 · 1981
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Aaron v. National Union Fire Insurance (1989), City of Los Angeles Harbor Division v. Santa Monica Baykeeper a Non- Profit Corporation (2001)
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Tennessee Burley Tobacco Growers' Ass'n v. Range · United States v. Jerry · Bryson v. United States · Poirrier v. Nicklos Drilling Co. · Lewis v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As long as a district court has jurisdiction over the case, then it possesses the inherent procedural power to reconsider, rescind, or modify an interlocutory order for cause seen by it to be sufficient.”
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.