Ruiz Varela v. Sanchez Velez’s Empirical Analysis
814 F.2d 821 · 1987
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably McGuckin v. Smith (1992), Petrucelli v. Bohringer and Ratzinger Gmbh (1995)
14 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 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 Gibson v. United States · Shihshu Walter Wei v. State of Hawaii · United States v. Claiborne · Winters v. Teledyne Movible Offshore, Inc. · Whale 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A party can hardly enjoy an opportunity to 'show good cause why such service was not made within [the required] period' if that party has not been accorded notice that the matter has been put in issue.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]o substantial proceedings of record have been taken for a term of six (6) months as shown by the record docket. Substantial proceedings shall include dispositive motions, discovery measures, and certificate of readiness for trial, or other action which advances the matter toward trial or judgment. Substitution of attorneys, motions for enlargement of time, motions for protective orders, motions to continue or postpone status conferences or pretrial conferences, and similar proceedings, shall not be deemed substantial for the purpose of this rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“substantial proceedings to advance the case as a whole, not substantial proceedings as to each defendant individually”
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.