State Industries, Inc. v. Mor-Flo Industries, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
948 F.2d 1573 · 1991
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Read Corporation Ft v. Portec Inc (1992), Odetics Inc v. Storage Technology Corporation Visa International Service Association Inc Visa Usa Inc Crestar Bank Inc (1999)
17 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 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. § 1295 · 28 U.S.C. § 1912 · 28 U.S.C. § 1927 · 35 U.S.C. § 284 · 35 U.S.C. § 285
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Link v. Wabash Railroad · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no basis for reversal in law or fact can be or is even arguably shown.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The weighing of conflicting evidence is a task within the special province of the trial judge who, having heard the evidence, is in a better position than [this court] to evaluate it.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Absent contrary instructions, a remand for reconsideration leaves the precise manner of reconsideration--whether on the existing record or with additional testimony or other evidence--to the sound discretion of the trial court.”
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.