Nagle v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
807 F.2d 435 · 1987
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably Russell v. SunAmerica Securities, Inc. (1992), Gospel Missions of America v. City of Los Angeles (2003)
33 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Wilson v. Garcia · Catlin v. United States · Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis · Padilla-Martinez v. United States
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For failure of the plaintiff to prosecute or to comply with these rules or any order of court, a defendant may move for dismissal of an action or of any claim against the defendant. Unless the court in its order for dismissal otherwise specifies, a dismissal under this subdivision and any dismissal not provided for in this rule, other than a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, for improper venue, or for failure to join a party under Rule 19 operates as an adjudication upon the merits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States.”
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.