Drinkwater v. Union Carbide Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
904 F.2d 853 · 1990
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 14 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 117 later decisions — most recently May 2017 · most notably Tabron v. Grace (1993), Abramson v. William Paterson College (2001)
35 federal appellate · 14 district · 18 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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Foman v. Davis · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Carnegie v. United States · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos.
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 117 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'since ... only a final judgment or order is appealable, the appeal of a final judgment draws into question all prior non-final orders and rulings.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“detrimentally affect[ed] a reasonable person of the same sex in the position....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'there is a connection between the specified and unspecified order, the intention to appeal the unspecified order is apparent and the opposing party is not prejudiced and has a full opportunity to brief the issues.'”
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.