Molloy v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
878 F.2d 313 · 1989
Citation profile
106 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 148 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably Floyd v. Laws (1991), Thomas v. Lewis (1991)
106 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes · Radack v. Norwegian America Line Agency, Inc. · Aldrich v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections · Pena v. Seguros La Comercial
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 148 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only upon a clear showing of abuse of discretion.”
42 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An appeal from a denial of a Rule 60(b) motion brings up only the denial of the motion for review, not the merits of the underlying judgment.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) mistake, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence; (3) fraud or other misconduct; (4) a void judgment; (5) a satisfied or discharged judgment; or (6) any other reason justifying relief from operation of judgment.”
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.