Barnett v. Alabama’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 28 U.S.C. § 2284
Relies on Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Van Dusen v. Barrack · Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. · Koster v. Lumbermens Mut Casualty Co · Kerotest Mfg Co v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A principal concern behind the 'first filed' rule ... is preventing duplication of effort and incompatible rulings.”
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.