Smith v. Mossinghoff’s Empirical Analysis
671 F.2d 533 · 1982
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently June 2007
1 federal appellate · 3 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
Relies on Link v. Wabash Railroad · Weatherford v. Bursey · Legille v. Dann · United States v. Laughlin · Griffin 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“and sets forth that: 13 Upon failure of the applicant to prosecute the application within six months after any action therein, of which notice has been given or mailed to the applicant, or within such shorter time, not less than thirty days, as fixed by the Commissioner in such action, the application shall be regarded as abandoned by the parties thereto, unless it be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that such delay was unavoidable. 14 35 U.S.C. Sec. 133. 15 Ray contends that the standard is different, and easier to meet, under Sec. 133 because all an applicant must show is”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ray v. Lehman · Ray v. Lehman“the Commissioner's discretion cannot remain wholly uncontrolled, if ... the Commissioner's adverse determination lacked any basis in reason or common sense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Morganroth v. Quigg“was arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Morganroth v. Quigg
How this case has been treated — in progress
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