Samples v. Conoco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1446 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 42 U.S.C. § 2011 (Atomic Energy Act of 1954) · 42 U.S.C. § 2014 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009) · 42 U.S.C. § 2210 (Radiation Exposure Compensation Act)
Relies on Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California · Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams · Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · United States v. New York Telephone Co. · El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Neztsosie
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.
“the word occurrence as used in the definition of nuclear incident means that event at the site of the licensed activity , or activity for which the Commission has entered into a contract , which may cause damage”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress did not limit the scope of the PAA's 'public liability' provisions to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees and Department of Energy (DOE) contractors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“clear language of the PAA covers any claim of injury to property allegedly caused by certain nuclear material”
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.