Jeffries v. Silvercup Bakers, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
434 F.2d 310 · 1970
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently October 2001 · most notably Nelson v. Keefer (1971), Chase v. Shop 'N Save Warehouse Foods, Inc. (1997)
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Horton v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance Society · Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. American Mutual Liability Insurance
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * unless the law gives a different rule, the sum claimed by the plaintiff controls if the claim is apparently made in good faith. It must appear to a legal certainty that the claim is really for less than the jurisdictional amount to justify dismissal. The inability of plaintiff to recover an amount adequate to give the court jurisdiction does not show his bad faith or oust the jurisdiction. * * ””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““it is not incumbent upon a plaintiff to show to an absolute certainty that he will obtain a verdict in excess of $10,000. Instead, before a suit will be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, it must appear to a legal certainty that he will not recover that amount.” Jeffries v. Silvercup Bakers, Inc., 434 F.2d 310 , 311-312 (7th Cir. 1970).”
4 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.