Walker v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
August 1995
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Trammel v. United States · Bulow Auersperg v. Bulow · Memorial Hospital v. Shadur · Wm. T. Thompson Co. v. General Nutrition Corp.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Another problem not entirely avoidable is the complexity or difficulty the Rule introduces into the trial of a federal case containing a combination of federal and state claims and defenses ... two different bodies of privilege law would need to be consulted. It may even develop that the same witness-testimony might be relevant on both counts and privileged as to one but not the other ...” Notes of Committee On the Judiciary, Senate Report No. 93-1277.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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