James v. Otis Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis
854 F.2d 429 · 1988
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently October 2020
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Everett v. Napper
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`A fact that can only be decided by a coin toss has not been proven by a preponderance of the evidence, and cannot be submitted to the jury.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“use all reasonable care to maintain the elevator equipment in proper and safe operating condition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“examine, adjust, lubricate as required, and if conditions warrant, repair or replace”
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.