Foster v. Tandy Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
828 F.2d 1052 · 1987
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently August 2006 · most notably Williams v. Cerberonics, Inc. (1989), Johnson v. Hugo's Skateway (1992)
32 federal appellate · 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 48 U.S.C. § 1981
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. Aikens · Brady v. Southern Railway Co. · Goldsboro Christian Schools, Inc. 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“shall designate the judgment, order or part thereof appealed from.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[S]ince the jurisdiction of the appellate court is determined by the timeliness and specific terms of the notice, it cannot be modified to cover a judgment not included by any reasonable interpretation....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This is particularly true where the previous ruling has been on pre-trial motion, and the subsequent ruling comes after the full development of the case.”
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.