Charles Clauson v. Robert D. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
823 F.2d 660 · 1987
Citation profile
165 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 235 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably McCoy v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1991), United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America v. Pleasant Street Corporation United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (1992)
165 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
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 56 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on McAllister v. United States · Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc. · Jones v. Howard · In Re Disbarment of Isserman · Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
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 235 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the absence of extraordinary circumstances, ... we have regularly declined to consider points which were not seasonably advanced below.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) The party to be estopped must know the facts; (2) he must intend that his conduct shall be acted on or must so act that the party asserting the estoppel has a right to believe it is so intended; (3) the latter must be ignorant of the true facts; and (4) he must rely on the former’s conduct to his injury.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is hornbook law that theories not raised squarely in the district court cannot be surfaced for the first time on appeal.”
4 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.