Martinez v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
874 F.2d 751 · 1989
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently November 2018 · most notably Phelps v. Hamilton (1997), Ogden v. San Juan County (1994)
18 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney · Thompson v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Buchanan v. Stanships, Inc. · Commonwealth of Virginia v. Tenneco, Inc., Federal Power Commission, Intervenor
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“involves 'reconsideration of matters properly encompassed in a decision on the merits,'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[P]ost-judgment motions filed within ten days of the final judgment should, where possible, be construed as Rule 59(e) motions.'”
2 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.