Coon v. Grenier’s Empirical Analysis
867 F.2d 73 · 1989
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 41 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Teamsters Chauffeurs Warehousemen and Helpers Union Local No v. Superline Transportation Company Inc (1992), KPS & Associates, Inc. v. Designs by FMC, Inc. (2003)
27 federal appellate · 41 district · 10 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)
Relies on Duckworth v. Eagan · Meehan v. Snow · Keegel v. Key West & Caribbean Trading Co. · Independent Oil and Chemical Workers of Quincy Inc v. Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company · In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation
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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether the default was willful; (2) whether setting it aside would prejudice the adversary; (3) whether a meritorious defense is presented; (4) the nature of the defendant’s explanation for the default; (5) the good faith of the parties; (6) the amount of money involved; (7) the timing of the motion [to set aside entry of default].”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Judicial discretion is necessarily broad — but it is not absolute. Abuse occurs when a material factor deserving significant weight is ignored, when an improper factor is relied upon, or when all proper and no improper factors are assessed, but the court makes a serious mistake in weighing them.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]or good cause shown the court may set aside an entry of default.”
5 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.