Sonner v. Cordano’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Wells, Inc. v. Shoemake · Wiener v. Specific Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Bower v. Landa · Ward v. Union Bond & Trust Co. · Rogers v. Hatch
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“shall be determined by the law of the state in which the district court is held”
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.