Sheldon v. Munford, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
950 F.2d 403 · 1991
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Ramsey v. American Air Filter Co. · Gonzalez v. Volvo Of America Corporation · James Patton, R.L. Hildebrand, Burns Harbor Plaza, Inc., and R.L. Hildebrand Enterprises, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Systems, Inc. · Bob Willow Motors, Inc. v. General Motors Corp. · Canada Dry Corporation v. Nehi Beverage Company, Inc. Of Indianapolis
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]his court has repeatedly explained that improper comments during closing argument rarely rise to the level of reversible error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Miksis v. Howard
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.