Wimm v. Jack Eckerd Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
3 F.3d 137 · 1993
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably Ellis v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston (2004), Southmark Corporation Southmark Corporation v. Schulte Roth & Zabel (1996)
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 · Lehman Bros. v. Lilly · California ex rel. State Lands Commission v. United States · Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc. · Dussouy v. Gulf Coast Investment 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In deciding whether to grant leave to file an amended pleading, the district court may consider such factors as undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party, and futility of amendment.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whether leave to amend should be granted is entrusted to the sound discretion of the district court, and that court's ruling is reversible only for an abuse of discretion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall be freely given when justice so requires.”
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.