Opdycke v. Stout’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738
Relies on Allen v. McCurry · Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education · Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. · England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“shotgun complaint usually creates a task that can be quite onerous for courts[.]”
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.