Alexander v. Robertson’s Empirical Analysis
882 F.2d 421 · 1989
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably Aoude v. Mobil Oil Corp. (1989), Latshaw v. Trainer Wortham & Co. (2006)
26 federal appellate · 3 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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. · Josephine C. Toscano AKA Josephine C. Zelasko v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue · H. K. Porter Company, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Cross-Appellee · Theodore R. Kupferman, as Receiver of Vickers, Christy & Co., Inc. v. Consolidated Research and Manufacturing Corporation, Daniel Jacobson · England v. Doyle
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Fraud on the court” should, we believe, embrace only that species of fraud which does or attempts to, defile the court itself, or is a fraud perpetrated by officers of the court so that the judicial machinery can not perform in the usual manner its impartial task of adjudging cases that are presented for adjudication.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This rule does not limit the power of a court to entertain an independent action ... to set aside a judgment for fraud upon the court”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Robertson cannot succeed on his cross-claims against Fraser and Protective. In essence, then, setting aside the judgment would be a 'fruitless' gesture that would hardly bolster the public's perception of the judicial process.”
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.