Sassower v. Field’s Empirical Analysis
973 F.2d 75 · 1992
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably West v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (1999), DLC Management Corp. v. Town of Hyde Park (1998)
22 federal appellate · 5 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
Relies on Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · State v. Simpson · Tristani v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc. · Wages v. Internal Revenue Service
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“inherent authority to sanction parties appearing before it for acting in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) ACTIONS FILED IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK— George Sassower is hereby enjoined from filing any civil action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York without first obtaining prior leave from the Court. In seeking leave to file, Sassower must certify that the claim or claims he wishes to present are new claims never before raised and disposed of on the merits by any court. The action may not relate to or arise from (1) the Estate of Paul Kelly litigation, (2) Dennis F. Vilella, (3) the Puccini litigation, (4) claims objecting to sanctions for which ordinary review has been exhausted, or (5) claims against any state or federal judge, officer or employee for actions taken in the course of their official duties exercised in connection with Mr. Sassower’s previous litigation. He must also certify that the claim or claims are not frivolous, malicious, or taken in bad faith. The motion for leave must be captioned “Application Pursuant to Court Order Seeking Leave to File” and Sassower must cite or affix a copy of this Opinion and Order to that motion. Failure to comply strictly with these requirements will be sufficient grounds for summarily denying leave to file. Until leave from the Court is obtained, any document or motion served by Sassower is a nullity and no party need file a response thereto. The Clerk of the Court is hereby ordered not to accept for filing any paper or proceeding or motion or new case of any kind presented by Georg”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any attorney or other person admitted to conduct cases in any court of the United States ... who so multiplies the proceedings in any case unreasonably and vexatiously may be required by the court to satisfy personally the excess costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees reasonably incurred because of such conduct.” As we have already decided to award Fee Appel-lees their appellate costs and attorneys’ fees, we need not decide whether to award them”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Feingold v. Graff
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.