Frett-Smith v. Vanterpool’s Empirical Analysis
511 F.3d 396 · 2008
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently September 2022 · most notably Molinos Valle Del Cibao, C. por A. v. Lama (2011), Mala v. Crown Bay Marina, Inc. (2013)
12 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Kontrick v. Ryan · Mansfield Ry Co v. Swan · Vlandis v. Kline · Smith v. Sperling
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“district courts ... have original jurisdiction of all civil actions where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and is between — (1) citizens of different States; (2) citizens of a State and citizens or subjects of a foreign state; (3) citizens of different States and in which citizens or subjects of a foreign state are additional parties; and (4) a foreign state, defined in section 1603(a) of this title, as plaintiff and citizens of a State or of different States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“initially at the highest appellate instance”
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.