Dutton v. Moody’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district ·

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

1. ““Subsection (b) makes uniform the time for filing petitions to remove all civil actions within twenty days after commencement of action or service of process which ever is later, instead of ‘at any time before the defendant is required by the laws of the State or the rule of the State court in which such suit is brought to answer or plead’ as required by section 72 of Title 28 U.S.C., 1940 ed. As thus revised, the section will give adequate time and operate uniformly throughout the Federal jurisdiction. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burns v. Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana

2. ““shall be filed within twenty days after the receipt by the defendant, through service or otherwise, of a copy of the initial pleading setting forth the claim for relief upon which such action or proceeding is based, or within twenty days after the service of summons upon the defendant if such initial pleading has then been filed in court and is not required to be served on the defendant, whichever period is shorter.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 122 F. Supp. 507 - Richlin Advertising Corp. v. Central Florida Broadcasting Co.