Burchett v. Cargill, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
48 F.3d 173 · 1995
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably Smallwood v. Illinois Central Railroad (2004), Carrie Badon
31 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
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. § 1445 · 33 U.S.C. § 905
Relies on In re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions · Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos · Pledger v. Medlock · Wisconsin v. Illinois · Tobacco Institute, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the district court is authorized 'to use a summary judgment-like procedure for disposing of fraudulent pleading claims'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`pierce the pleadings to show that the Jones Act claim has been fraudulently pleaded to prevent removal.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must show that there is no possibility that plaintiff would be able to establish a cause of action.”
2 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.