Mason v. Texaco Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
862 F.2d 242 · 1988
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently August 2014 · most notably Mason v. Texaco, Inc. (1991), Okland Oil Company v. Conoco Inc (1998)
23 federal appellate · 6 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. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 50 U.S.C. § 3911 (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) · 50 U.S.C. § 3935 (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act)
Relies on Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · Ohio State Board of Education v. Reed · Mays v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. · Big Horn Coal Company v. Commonwealth Edison Company Black Butte Coal Company · Hardin v. Manitowoc-Forsythe 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“) provides in pertinent part: 11 The period of military service shall not be included in computing any period now or hereafter to be limited by law, regulation, or order for the bringing of any action or proceeding in any court ... by or against any person in military service ... whether such cause of action or the right or privilege to institute such action or proceeding shall have accrued prior to or during the period of such service.... 12 50 U.S.C.App. § 525. As this court has summarized,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not impose a duty on the bulk seller to warn the ultimate consumer, and specifically does not impose a duty on the bulk seller to police the adequacy of warnings given by the distributor. “If the product is sold in bulk, adequate warning to the vendee is all that can reasonably be required.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he Act bars any period of military service from being included in computing a statute of limitations for or against a person in the military service.”
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.