Weese v. Schukman’s Empirical Analysis
98 F.3d 542 · 1996
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 29 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 118 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably United States of America v. Dennis McClatchey (2000), United States v. Henderson (2005)
43 federal appellate · 29 district · 5 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 Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. · Standard Oil Co of California v. United States · Huebner v. United States · 116 S. Ct. 701 - Spicer v. United States · Rozier v. Ford Motor Co.
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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“made a clear error of judgment or exceeded the bounds of permissible choice in the circumstances.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Generally speaking, only the most egregious conduct, such as bribery of a judge or members of a jury, or the fabrication of evidence by a party in which an attorney is implicated will constitute a fraud on the court. Less egregious misconduct, such as nondisclosure to the court of facts allegedly pertinent to the matter before it, will not ordinarily rise to the level of fraud on the court.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“conclusively favors one party such that reasonable men could not arrive at a contrary verdict.”
5 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.