Harman v. Pauley’s Empirical Analysis
678 F.2d 479 · 1982
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2012 · most notably Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America (1994), Guinness PLC v. Ward (1992)
32 federal appellate · 3 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 Aro Corp. v. Allied Witan Co. · Fairfax Countywide Citizens Ass'n v. County of Fairfax · Kelly v. Greer · McGoff v. Rapone
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“balance the interest of granting a Rule 60(b)(6) motion to accomplish justice against the interest of finality of litigation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[o]n motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or his legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; ... or (6) any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court below had not only the inherent power but, when required in the interests of justice, the duty to enforce the agreement which had settled the dispute pending before it.”
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.