Green v. Bisby’s Empirical Analysis
869 F.2d 1070 · 1989
Citation profile
41 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently June 2007 · most notably Slimick v. Silva (1990), Varhol v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. (1990)
41 federal appellate ·
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 Browder v. Director Department of Corrections of Illinois · Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. · Bush v. Lucas · Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney · Trammel 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an act of affirmative representation by a judicial officer as contemplated by Osterneck,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a party has performed an act which, if properly done, would postpone the deadline for filing his appeal and has received specific assurance by a judicial officer that this act has been properly done.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Osterneck's strict construction of the 'unique circumstances' doctrine may occasionally produce a harsh result when an erroneous extension has been granted,”
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.