Perkins v. Spivey’s Empirical Analysis
911 F.2d 22 · 1990
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 12 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Williams v. Little Rock Municipal Water Works (1994), Carr v. Allison Gas Turbine Division, General Motors Corp. (1994)
39 federal appellate · 12 district · 5 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. § 1927 · 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · In re Disbarment of Sabiston
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“multiplies the proceedings in any case unreasonably and vexatiously.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“viewed objectively, manifests either intentional or reckless disregard of the attorney's duties to the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The negligent hiring and/or retention doctrine recognizes that an employer has a duty to use reasonable care in the selection and retention of employees. This duty requires that an employer hire and retain only safe and competent employees. An employer breaches this duty when it hires or retains employees that it knows or should know are incompetent. 29 Am.Jur. Trials, Negligent Hiring of Employee § 2, p. 276. Liability exists under either of these doctrines relating to negligent hiring or retention despite the fact the direct cause of injury to the injured person is the negligent or intentional acts of an employee acting outside the scope of his employment. 29 AmJur. Trials, Negligent Hiring of Employee § 2, p. 276.”
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.