Zipfel v. Halliburton Co.’s Empirical Analysis
861 F.2d 565 · 1988
Citation profile
65 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 95 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably United States v. Davis (1994), Lockman Foundation v. Evangelical Alliance Mission (1991)
65 federal appellate · 4 district · 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2283
Relies on Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Lauritzen v. Larsen · Smith v. Harmsen · Hellenic Lines Limited v. Rhoditis · Briggs v. Pennsylvania Railroad
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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he authority of a Court of Appeals to recall its mandate is clear.... While the authority is not conferred by statute, it exists as part of the court's power to protect the integrity of its own processes.... The authority may be exercised for 'good cause' or to 'prevent injustice.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“falls within the discretion of the court, but such discretion should be employed to recall a mandate only when good cause or unusual circumstances exist sufficient to justify modification or recall of a prior judgment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“departs in some pivotal aspect from a decision of a federal appeal court, recall of a mandate may be warranted to the extent necessary to protect the integrity of the court of appeals' prior judgment.”
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.