Massey’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably United States v. Wilson (2018), 75 F. Supp. 2d 835 - Tri-Star Airlines, Inc. v. Willis Careen Corp. (1999)
1 federal appellate · 2 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 Northcross v. Board of Education · Ocelot Oil Corporation v. Sparrow Industries · Colorado Building and Construction Trades Council v. Bb Andersen Construction Co Inc Bank IV Topeka Na · Bruce P. Palmer v. Salt Lake City Corporation, a Municipal Corporation · Bennett v. General Caster Service of N. Gordon Co.
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The district judge to whom the case is assigned shall make a de novo determination upon the record, or after additional evidence, of any portion of the magistrate judge’s disposition to which specific written objection has been made in accordance with this rule. The district judge may accept, reject, or modify the recommended decision, receive further evidence, or recommit the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A magistrate judge to whom a pretrial matter not dispositive of a claim or defense of a party is referred to hear and determine shall promptly conduct such proceedings as are required and when appropriate enter into the record a written order setting forth the disposition of the matter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cramer v. Vitale“A judge may designate a magistrate judge to hear and determine any pretrial matter pending before the court, except a motion for injunctive relief, for judgment on the pleadings, for summary judgment ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cramer v. Vitale
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.