Jenkins v. Sterlacci’s Empirical Analysis
849 F.2d 627 · 1988
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently February 2010 · most notably Stivers v. Pierce (1995), United States v. Barry (1991)
21 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 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. § 291 · 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · In the Matters of Lee Roy Murchison and John Whites · Ungar v. Sarafite · Taylor v. Hayes · United States v. Haldeman
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.
“special master must hold himself to the same high standards [of recusal] applicable to the conduct of judges.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 943 So. 2d 144 - Pasteur Med. Center v. Wellcare of Florida · George Rios, Eugene C. Jenkins, Eric O. Lewis and Wylie B. Rutledge v. Enterprise Association Steamfitters Local Union 638 of U.A., Mechanical Contractors Association of New York, Inc., and Joint Steamfitting Apprenticeship Committee of the Steamfitters Industry Educational Fund, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Enterprise Association Steamfitters Local Union 638 of U.A., Mechanical Contractors Association of New York, Inc. And Joint Steamfitting Apprenticeship Committee of the Steamfitters Industry Educational Fund“the district court's oversight of a special master falls far short of plenary 'control',”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re the Estate of Damon · George Rios, Eugene C. Jenkins, Eric O. Lewis and Wylie B. Rutledge v. Enterprise Association Steamfitters Local Union 638 of U.A., Mechanical Contractors Association of New York, Inc., and Joint Steamfitting Apprenticeship Committee of the Steamfitters Industry Educational Fund, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Enterprise Association Steamfitters Local Union 638 of U.A., Mechanical Contractors Association of New York, Inc. And Joint Steamfitting Apprenticeship Committee of the Steamfitters Industry Educational Fund“functionally indistinguishable from . . . a trial judge.”
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.