Nathaniel MOSLEY Et Al., Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Et Al., Appellees’s Empirical Analysis
497 F.2d 1330 · 1974
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 41 district · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 198 later decisions — most recently November 2024 · most notably Rendine v. Pantzer (1995), Alexander v. Fulton County (2000)
36 federal appellate · 41 district · 22 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Moore v. New York Cotton Exchange · Lee v. Washington · United States v. Mississippi · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“(A) any right to relief is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative with respect to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences; and (B) any question of law or fact common to all defendants will arise in the action.”
27 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[t]ransaction' is a word of flexible meaning”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“should be construed in light of its purpose, which `is to promote trial convenience and expedite the final determination of disputes, thereby preventing multiple lawsuits.'”
6 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.