Mulhern v. MacLeod’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 227
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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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that Federal claims remain subject to State procedural law: Congress is no doubt aware of the Supreme Court's long-standing recognition that States `have great latitude to establish the structure and jurisdiction of their own courts' and `may apply their own neutral procedural rules to federal claims, unless those rules are pre-empted by federal law.' [Citation.] The TCPA was crafted to accommodate State interests, while respecting the structure, jurisdiction, and procedural rules of State courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“suggests that Congress contemplated that [private actions were] a matter for consumers to pursue in appropriate state courts, subject to those courts' rules”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“if otherwise permitted by the laws or rules of court of a State, bring in an appropriate court of that State”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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