No. 92-2429’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
5 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently March 2022 · most notably Sealy, L.L.C. v. Banks (2004), 142 Md. App. 518 - Milburn v. Milburn (2002)
5 district · 13 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 Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis v. Carver · Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Landry · Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. · Pavelic v. Marvel Entertainment Group · Wales ex rel. Wales Trucking Co. v. United States
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is available as a matter of unconditional right and is self-executing, i.e., it is effective at the moment the notice is filed with the clerk and no judicial approval is required.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Finley Lines Joint Protective Board Unit 200 v. Norfolk Southern Corporation · In Re: Robert v. Matthews, United States of America, and State of North Carolina, Claimant-Appellee v. Robert v. Matthews Claimant-Appellant, and North Carolina's Original Copy of the Bill of Rights, Wayne Pratt, Incorporated“the action was terminated and the district court's interlocutory orders were vacated.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Voluntary Dismissal. (1) By the Plaintiff (A) Without a Court Order. Subject to Rules 23(e), 23.1(c), 23.2, and 66 and any applicable federal statute, the plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing: (i) a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment; or (ii) a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have appeared. (B) Effect. Unless the notice or stipulation states otherwise, the dismissal is without prejudice. But if the plaintiff previously dismissed any federal or state-court action based on or including the same claim, a notice of dismissal operates as an adjudication on the merits. (2) By Court Order; Effect. Except as provided in Rule 41(a)(1), an action may be dismissed at the plaintiff's request only by court order, on terms that the court considers proper. If a defendant has pleaded a counterclaim before being served with the plaintiff's motion to dismiss, the action may be dismissed over the defendant's objection only if the counterclaim can remain pending for independent adjudication. Unless the order states otherwise, a dismissal under this paragraph (2) is without prejudice. * * * * * * (d) Costs of a Previously Dismissed Action. If a plaintiff who previously dismissed an action in any court files an action based on or including the same claim against the same defendant, the court: (1) may order the plaintiff to pay all or part of the costs of that previous action; and (”
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.