Smith v. Bayer Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 8 district · 13 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedMays v. Bayer Corp. (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 2283
Relies on Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · Montana v. United States · Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · Landis v. North American 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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court of the United States may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a State court except as expressly authorized by Act of Congress, or where necessary in aid of its jurisdiction, or to protect or effectuate its judgments.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]n applying this exception, we have taken special care to keep it “strict and narrow.” After all, a court does not usually “get to dictate to other courts the preclusion consequences of its own judgment.” 18 C. Wright, A. Miller, & E. Cooper, Federal Practice and Procedure § 4405, p. 82 (2d ed. 2002).... Deciding whether and how prior litigation has preclusive effect is usually the bailiwick of the second court.... So issuing an injunction under the relitigation exception is resorting to heavy artillery. For that reason, every benefit of the doubt goes toward the state court; an injunction can issue only if preclusion is clear beyond peradventure.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e could hardly have been more clear [in Taylor ] that a properly conducted class action, with binding effect on nonparties, can come about in federal courts in just one way-through the procedure set out in Rule 23.”
3 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.