Nisson v. Lundy’s Empirical Analysis
975 F.2d 802 · 1992
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently July 2015
7 federal appellate · 2 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 Bonner v. City of Prichard · Compton v. Alton Steamship Co. · Radack v. Norwegian America Line Agency, Inc. · Meadows v. Cohen · Gribble v. Harris
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]uch motions may, ... be treated as Rule 60(b) motions if grounds stated would be a basis for Rule 60(b) relief.” Nisson v. Lundy, 975 F.2d 802, 806 (11th Cir.1992). Rule 60(b)(4) and 60(b)(6) motions need only be brought”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Compton held that Rule 60(b)(6) is a 'catch-all' provision, and a 'grand reservoir of equitable power to do justice in a particular case.’”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Rule 60(b) is to be given a liberal and remedial construction.”
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.