Minyard Enterprises, Inc. v. Southeastern Chemical & Solvent Co.’s Empirical Analysis
184 F.3d 373 · 1999
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably Bauhaus USA, Inc. v. Copeland (2002), Goodrich Corp. v. Town of Middlebury (2002)
12 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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 United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · Walker v. Armco Steel Corp. · Robinson v. Lorillard Corp. · West v. Conrail
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the owner and operator of a facility; 6 (2) any person who at the time of disposal of any hazardous substance owned or operated any facility at which hazardous substances were disposed of; (3) any person who, by contract, agreement, or otherwise, arranged for disposal or treatment, or arranged with a transporter for transport for disposal or treatment, of hazardous substances owned or possessed by such person, by any other party or entity, at any facility owned or operated by another party or entity and containing such hazardous substances; and (4) any person who accepts, or accepted, any hazardous substances for transport to disposal or treatment facilities, incineration vessels, or sites selected by such person.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the burden of proving the defendant is a responsible party under § 107(a) of CERCLA and also the burden of proving the defendant's equitable share of costs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the dimensions of a lawsuit are measured by what is pleaded and proven, not what is demanded.” Thomas v. Pick Hotels Corp., 224 F.2d 664, 666 (10th Cir. 1955); Minyard Enterps., Inc. v. Southeastern Chem. & Solvent Co., 184 F.3d 373 , 386 (4th Cir.1999) (same). The pleadings”
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.