Carrera v. Carrera’s Empirical Analysis
174 F.2d 496 · 1949
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 5 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably United States v. Al-Hamdi (2004), 4934, Inc. v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (1992)
11 federal appellate · 5 district · 16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State of Ohio Popovici v. Agler · In re Baiz · The Sao Vicente Transportes Maritimos Do Estado v. Tietjen & Lang Drydock Co the Murmugao Transportes Maritimos Do Estado · Trost v. Tompkins
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whereby the person of any ambassador * * * of any foreign * * * State * * * is arrested or imprisoned, or his goods or chattels are distrained, seized, or attached * * *.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A civil action wherein jurisdiction is founded only on diversity of citizenship may ... be brought [where] a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated, or [where] the defendants are subject to personal jurisdiction at the time the action is commenced ... * * * ‡ * * (d) An alien may be sued in any district. ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ (f) A civil action against a foreign state as defined in [the FSIA] may be brought — (4) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia if the action is brought against a foreign state or political subdivision thereof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he courts are disposed to accept as conclusive of the fact of the diplomatic status of an individual claiming an exemption”) (emphasis added)); Al-Hamdi, 356 F.3d at 573 (”
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.