In re Graff’s Empirical Analysis
2017
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1446 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447
Relies on Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America · Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co. · Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp. · Pullman Co. v. Jenkins
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“District courts are divided on whether the forum defendant rule bars pre-service removal to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“if any of the parties in interest properly joined and served as defendants is a citizen of the State in which such action is brought.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“This was not the docket-monitoring, jack rabbit or snap removal that other courts have found to violate the spirit of the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.