Jacobson v. McIlwain’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Schiavone v. Fortune · Ia Durbin Inc v. Jefferson National Bank Aia · National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Hunt G · Jaffree v. Wallace · Fowler v. Jones
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An amendment of a pleading relates back to the date of the original pleading when (1) relation back is permitted by the law that provides the statute of limitations applicable to the action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the claim or defense asserted in the amended pleading arose out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set forth or attempted to be set forth in the original pleading.”
1 later decision 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.