Brown v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a decision disposing of all the claims in only one of the cases is a final decision subject to immediate appeal”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gelboim v. Bank of America Corp. · 135 S. Ct. 897 - Gelboim v. Bank of America Corp.

2. “The district court refused to consider Brown’s Rule 60(b) motion, assuming it had no jurisdiction to do so because a notice of appeal had been filed. In fact, the court did have jurisdiction to consider the motion. Parties may file motions under Rule 60(b) in the district court while an appeal is pending. In such circumstances we have directed district courts to review such motions promptly, and either deny them or, if the court is inclined to grant relief, to so indicate so that we may order a speedy remand.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thomas & Betts Corp. v. Panduit Corp.

3. “become a single judicial unit for purposes of [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure] 54(b), and accordingly a judgment that does not dispose of all claims of all parties is not appealable unless the district court makes the findings required by Rule 54(b).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States