Ford v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis
758 F.2d 1018 · 1985
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently October 2011 · most notably Pregeant v. Pan American World Airways, Inc. (1985), Sturgeon v. Airborne Freight Corp. (1985)
17 federal appellate · 2 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 29 U.S.C. § 203 · 29 U.S.C. § 216 · 29 U.S.C. § 255
Relies on Patterson v. United States · United States v. Darby · Oklahoma Press Pub Co v. Walling US News Printing Co · Katzenbach v. McClung · Hildebrand v. Social Security Administration
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]or purposes of the statute of limitations, the plaintiff receives no credit or tolling for the time that elapsed during the pendency of the original suit”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a clear record of delay or contumacious conduct by the plaintiff”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“lesser sanctions would not serve the best interests of justice.”
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.