Simmons v. Sonyika’s Empirical Analysis
394 F.3d 1335 · 2004
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1367
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Hill v. White · Stephens v. Department of Health & Human Services · Spain v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`This latitude extends to the Supreme Court's restatement of the issue or issues and the manner in which the answers are given.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`Where there is doubt in the interpretation of state law however, "a federal court should certify the question to the state supreme court to avoid making unnecessary Erie `guesses' and to offer the state court the opportunity to interpret or change existing law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“construe them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.”
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.