Saludes v. Ramos’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 992 · 1984
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 24 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably Territory of Guam v. Yang (1988), Government of the Virgin Islands v. Smith (1991)
17 federal appellate · 24 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 48 U.S.C. § 1541 (Revised Organic Act) · 48 U.S.C. § 1612 · 48 U.S.C. § 1613
Relies on Morton v. Mancari · Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · De Castro v. Board of Commissioners · Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po · Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee v. Insurance Co. of North America
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“More importantly, we have previously stated: [This Court] has always applied the legal error standard in reviewing decisions of the district court of the Virgin Islands on issues of local law.... The district court's reading of local law should be respected, but we will not ac cord it any greater deference than we would in a diversity action.... This has not required a different standard of review.... We will therefore exercise plenary review in considering the district court’s holding in this appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“consents to have its liability determined in accordance with the same rules of law as applied to actions in the courts of the Virgin Islands against individuals and corporations: Provided, That the claimant complies with the provisions of this chapter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he district court's reading of local law should be respected ... we will not accord it any greater deference than we would in a diversity action.”
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.