Shows v. Jamison Bedding, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
671 F.2d 927 · 1982
Citation profile
103 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 160 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably Carson v. Polley (1982), Laxton v. Gap Inc. (2003)
103 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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 Gotthelf v. Commissioner · California v. Civil Aeronautics Board · American Sterilizer Co. v. Sybron Corp. · Gerry v. United States · Francis 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 160 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all the factors that govern our review of his decision favor affirmance.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“against the great weight of the evidence.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The decision to grant or deny a motion for new trial is, however, within the sound discretion of the trial court, and reversible only for abuse of that discretion.”
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.