Cunningham v. Rolfe’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bibby v. United States · Kelly v. Robinson · Teamsters Local Union 657 v. Rodriguez · In re Disbarment of Sabiston · United States v. American College of Physicians
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Intervention of Right. Upon timely application anyone shall be permitted to intervene in an action ... (2) when the applicant claims an interest relating to the property or transaction which is the subject of the action and the applicant is so situated that the disposition of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede the applicant's ability to protect that interest, unless the applicant’s interest is adequately represented by existing parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Newby v. Enron Corp.
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.