Allen v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
February 2003
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Strawbridge v. Curtiss · William Shields v. Robert R Barrow · Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro · Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . [t]he fact that citizenship of some of those absent [statutory beneficiaries] is the same as the citizenship of the defendant does not destroy complete diversity.” Id., at 711 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Johnson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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