Shapero v. Mercede’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
July 2008
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shalala v. Schaefer · Vose v. Cross · Beizer v. Goepfert · Appliances, Inc. v. Yost · Piantedosi v. Floridia
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A finding of fact is clearly erroneous when there is no evidence in the record to support it . . . or when although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.