Bechtel v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Foman v. Davis · Schiavone v. Fortune · Gans v. Mundy
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o read Sec. 3107 literally to provide an exemption from the Sec. 3101 filing requirements for all legally incorporated Delaware companies is contrary to the protective purpose of the statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bechtel v. Robinson“it must show that it was unfairly disadvantaged or deprived of the opportunity to present facts or evidence which it would have offered had the ... amendments been timely.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bechtel v. Robinson“is to allow the public ease and consistency in discovering the names of people transacting business in particular counties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bechtel v. Robinson
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.