Cline v. Richards’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
February 1992
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Hanna v. Plumer
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where federal jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship [and a requisite amount in controversy], a federal court is in effect only another court of the state in which it sits and applies the same law that would be applied if the action were brought in the state courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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