W. H. Pat O'Bryan v. Stephen S. Chandler’s Empirical Analysis
496 F.2d 403 · 1974
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Sws Erectors Inc v. Infax Inc (1996), Browning v. Navarro (1984)
7 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 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
Relies on Barr v. Matteo · Wilson v. Republic Iron & Steel Co. · Bradley v. Fisher · Willingham v. Morgan · Powers v. Chesapeake O Ry Co
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f the case stated by the initial pleading is not removable . . . .”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a different set of facts that state a new ground for removal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[emphasis added] [citations and quotations omitted]. 18 In O'Bryan, the defendant sought removal under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1442(a)(3) in both removal petitions, and the district court specifically held in the remand order that the action was not removable pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1442(a)(3). When explaining that the Supreme Court's use of the phrase”
1 later decision 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.