Bugbee v. Donahue’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1359
Relies on Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · Infelice v. United States · Kramer v. Caribbean Mills, Inc. · Williamson v. Gilmer · McSparran v. Weist
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“until that proposal becomes law, it remains only a proposal”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.