Rogers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
230 F.3d 868 · 2000
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 11 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2022 · most notably Lowery v. Alabama Power Co. (2007), Hayes v. Equitable Energy Resources Co. (2001)
21 federal appellate · 11 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 St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Wilson v. Republic Iron & Steel Co. · Key Tronic Corp. v. United States · Gafford v. General Electric Co. · Coones v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a plaintiff who has once dismissed an action in any court commences an action based upon or including the same claim against the same defendant, the court may make such order for the payment of costs of the action previously dismissed as it may deem proper and may stay the proceedings in the action until the plaintiff has complied with the order.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under this [preponderance of the evidence] burden, the defendant must provide evidence that it is `more likely than not' that the amount in controversy exceeds [the minimum jurisdictional amount.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“every final judgment shall grant the relief to which the party in whose favor it is rendered is entitled, even if the party has not demanded such relief in the party's pleadings.”
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.