Rivera v. Gerner’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably Davidson v. O'Lone (1984), Birchwood Lakes Colony Club, Inc. v. Borough of Medford Lakes (1982)
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 29 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
Relies on Johnson v. State of New Jersey · Rideout v. United States · Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers · England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · O'CONNOR v. Abraham Altus
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n appropriate regard for the orderly judicial process requires that parties be given a fair opportunity to pass on points critical to their cases.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-1 et seq. allows a plaintiff to sue either defendant for the entire claim or to sue them jointly and levy execution of the entire amount against either alone. The defendant is entitled to seek contribution from his fellow defendants if recoverable. See Van Horn v. William Blanchard Co., 88 N.J. 91, 96 (1981) and Tino v. Stout, 49 N.J. 289 (1967) as to disparate effects upon joint tortfeasors. If one defendant were insolvent or bankrupt, a second joint tortfeasor might be liable for the total amount of the judgment. This result would seem to impose a disproportionate burden on the solvent defendant. However, this rule operates to provide the injured person with full recovery. Just as the common law did, the Legislature may reasonably grant injured plaintiffs the right to full recovery from any of multiple tortfeasors. These principles do not act to abridge a defendant's due process rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“have been made when public policy demands it and there is no unfair surprise, substantial prejudice or undue interference with the administration of justice.”
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.