Webster v. Sowders’s Empirical Analysis
846 F.2d 1032 · 1988
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2019 · most notably Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. (1990), Hudson v. Reno (1997)
44 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 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 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1912 · 28 U.S.C. § 1927 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Estelle v. Gamble · Mitchell v. Forsyth · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) must win a preliminary injunction, (2) based upon an unambiguous indication of probable success on the merits of the plaintiff's claims as opposed to a mere balancing of the equities in favor of the plaintiff, (3) that causes the defendant to moot the action, which prevents the plaintiff from obtaining final relief on the merits”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Expert witnesses so appointed are entitled to reasonable compensation in whatever sum the judge may allow. The compensation thus fixed is payable from funds which may be provided by law in criminal cases and civil actions and proceedings involving just compensation under the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution and Article II, Section 2 of the New Mexico Constitution. In other civil actions and proceedings the compensation shall be paid by the parties in such proportion and at such time as the judge directs, and thereafter charged in like manner as other costs. [Emphasis added.]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Appeals of district court orders should not be deterred by threats [of Rule 11 sanctions] from district judges”
3 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.