Werner v. Carbo’s Empirical Analysis
731 F.2d 204 · 1984
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 8 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 125 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Augusta Fiberglass Coatings, Inc. v. Fodor Contracting Corp. (1988), Dowell v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Automobile Insurance Company (1993)
58 federal appellate · 8 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 Klapprott v. United States · Garber v. United States · Reed v. Allen · Butler v. Eaton · Werner v. Upjohn 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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The disposition of motions under Rule 60(b) is ordinarily a matter within the discretion of the District Court which will not be disturbed on appeal absent a showing of abuse of that discretion.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We emphasize that our ruling is very narrow. The motion was timely made; no unfair prejudice was shown, exceptional circumstances were present, the rights of no third parties have intervened, and the judgment against the professional corporation was wholly derivative of, coexistant with, and limited by the judgment against Carbo.”
2 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.