Sider v. Valley Line’s Empirical Analysis
857 F.2d 1043 · 1988
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1738 · 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 905
Relies on Engle v. Isaac · Leonhard v. United States · 359 So. 2d 154 - Welch v. Crown Zellerbach Corp. · 340 So. 2d 287 - Mitchell v. Bertolla · Patchick v. Kensington Publishing Corp.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to statistically close the case with regard to the unserved defendants which stated '[i]f and when they are served the case will be reopened.'”
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.