Scarpa v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
806 F.2d 326 · 1986
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Landrigan v. City of Warwick · Oxford Shipping Co. v. New Hampshire Trading Corp.
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]indings based on witness credibility are lodged firmly in the province of the trial court, and we are loathe to disturb them absent a compelling showing of error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
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.