Great American Houseboat Co. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
780 F.2d 741 · 1986
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently March 2018
10 federal appellate · 1 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 Dandridge v. Williams · Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Kolender v. Lawson · Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An involuntary dismissal pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b) is viewed as 'a judgment in defendants' favor following a trial to the court.' ... Findings of fact are reviewed under the clearly erroneous standard; questions of law are reviewed de novo.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In considering whether an administrative regulation is unconstitutionally vague, the reviewing court must assess it within the context of the particular conduct to which it is being applied.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the regulated enterprise may have the ability to clarify the meaning of the regulation by its own inquiry, or by resort to an administrative process.”
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.