Jordine v. Walling’s Empirical Analysis
185 F.2d 662 · 1950
Citation profile
72 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 123 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1997 · most notably Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn (1953), Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. (1959)
72 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2
Relies on St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen · Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank
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 123 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions wherein the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $3,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and arises under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they are otherwise entitled.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“simpler and more expressive of the original intent of Congress * * *”
2 later decisions 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.