Leonard v. Parry’s Empirical Analysis
219 F.3d 25 · 2000
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 17 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2022 · most notably KRUPSKI v. COSTA CROCIERE S. P. A (2010), Goodman v. Praxair, Inc. (2007)
16 federal appellate · 17 district · 7 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 Foman v. Davis · Dartmouth Review v. Dartmouth College · Margot Rendall-Speranza v. Edward A. Nassim · Wilson v. United States Government · Kilkenny v. Arco Marine Inc.
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An amendment of a pleading relates back to the date of the original pleading when: 1. relation back is permitted by the law that provides the statute of limitations applicable to the action, or 2. the claim or defense asserted in the amended pleading arose out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set forth or attempted to be set forth in the original pleading, or 3. the amendment changes the party or the naming of the party against whom a claim is asserted if the foregoing provision (2) is satisfied and, within the period provided by Rule 4(m) for service of the summons and complaint, the party to be brought in by amendment (A) has received such notice of the institution of the action that the party will not be prejudiced in maintaining a defense on the merits, and (B) knew or should have known that, but for a mistake concerning the identity of the proper party, the action would have been brought against the party.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he amendment’s proponent must show not only that he made a mistake anent the proper party’s identity, but also the later-named party, within the prescribed time limit, knew or should have known that, but for this mistake, the action would have been brought against [him].”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not distinguish among types of mistakes concerning identity”
3 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.