Reytblatt v. Denton’s Empirical Analysis
812 F.2d 1042 · 1987
Citation profile
61 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Otis v. City of Chicago (1994), Smith-Bey v. Hospital Administrator (1988)
61 federal appellate ·
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 Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis · United States v. Indrelunas · United States v. F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. · Reichman v. United States Fire Insurance · Glidden v. Chromalloy American 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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“set forth the relief to which the prevailing party is entitled or the fact that the plaintiff has been denied all relief.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The entry of a final judgment under Rule 58 starts the clock for an appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Insofar as the Court has determined that the defendant is protected by absolute privilege it is unnecessary to determine whether defendant was properly served or whether venue is proper.”
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.