Freedman v. Perea’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently March 2011
16 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 Chavez v. Village of Cimarron · Rogers v. Lyle Adjustment Company · Perez v. Perez · Eaton Ex Rel. Estate of Montgomery v. Cooke · Weisberg v. Garcia
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence ...; (3) fraud ..., misrepresentation or other misconduct of an adverse party; (4) the judgment is void; (5) the judgment has been satisfied, released or discharged, or a prior judgment upon which it is based has been reversed or otherwise vacated, or it is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application; or (6) any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Gordon v. Gordon · Durham v. Gordon““Whether a judgment will be set aside under Rule 60(b), supra, is ordinarily a matter within the trial court’s discretion. [Citations omitted.] Furthermore, the trial court’s determination will ordinarily not be reversed except for an abuse of discretion. [Citations omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The only time limit on a motion seeking relief under Rule 60(b)(6) is that it be made within a reasonable time. [Citations omitted.] What constitutes a reasonable time, however, depends on the circumstances of each case. [Citations omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.