Hoffa v. Fitzsimmons’s Empirical Analysis
673 F.2d 1345 · 1982
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently February 2007 · most notably Hooks v. Hooks (1985), Box v. A & P Tea Co. (1985)
24 federal appellate · 9 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 26 U.S.C. § 401 (Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962)
Relies on Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Teamsters Local Union 657 v. Rodriguez · Fountain v. Filson
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when a trustee overpays a beneficiary the trustee is entitled to recover the excess payment, even when it was the product of unilateral mistake on the part of the trustee”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the beneficiary is entitled to retain part or all of the overpayment to the extent necessary to avoid injustice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f a material state of facts is warranted to exist which turns out not to be the case, the warrantor is liable for the loss or damage caused; and it is no defense that he acted upon misinformation and in good faith.”
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.