Gary R. Eitel v. William D. McCool’s Empirical Analysis
782 F.2d 1470 · 1986
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 23 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 226 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably Alan Neuman Productions, Inc. v. Albright (1988), Lam v. Investors Thrift (In Re Lam) (1997)
37 federal appellate · 23 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 ITT Gilfillan v. Clayton · Aldabe v. Aldabe · Oswalt v. Scripto, Inc. · Pena v. Seguros La Comercial
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 226 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the possibility of prejudice to the plaintiff, (2) the merits of plaintiffs substantive claim, (3) the sufficiency of the complaint, (4) the sum of money at stake in the action; (5) the possibility of a dispute concerning material facts; (6) whether the default was due to excusable neglect, and (7) the strong policy underlying the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure favoring decisions on the merits.”
24 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]ases should be decided upon their merits whenever reasonably possible.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared.”
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.