Green v. Foley’s Empirical Analysis
856 F.2d 660 · 1988
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably Lonsdorf v. Seefeldt (1995), Estate of Page v. Litzenburg (1993)
16 federal appellate · 3 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 Rozier v. Ford Motor Co. · United States v. Williams · Central Operating Co. v. Utility Workers of America · Square Construction Co. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“fraud ..., misrepresentation or other misconduct,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To obtain relief under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(3), the movant must (1) have a meritorious defense, (2) that he was prevented from fully presenting before judgment, (3) because of the adverse party’s fraud, misrepresentation, or misconduct. Square Construction Co. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Auth., 657 F.2d 68 (4th Cir.1981). In considering those requirements, “the court must balance the competing policies favoring the finality of judgments and justice being done in view of all the facts.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n his pleadings Green consistently and materially misrepresented his status as a holder of the notes, claiming that he was a 'bona fide purchaser of the notes for value.'”
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.