Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
862 F.2d 910 · 1988
Citation profile
132 federal appellate · 35 district · 28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 263 later decisions — most recently January 2024 · most notably Aramburu v. Boeing Co. (1997), Fashion House, Inc. v. K Mart Corp. (1989)
132 federal appellate · 35 district · 28 state decisions — followed in 15 states
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 Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc. · United States v. Hasting · United States v. Procter & Gamble Co. · Castor v. United States
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 263 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must have been harmful — it must have affected [Tiller's] substantial rights.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fraud ..., misrepresentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the material's likely worth as trial evidence or by elucidating its value as a tool for obtaining meaningful discovery.”
8 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.