Renner v. Lichtenwalner’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
May 1989
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Hanna v. Plumer · Santoni v. United States · Walker v. Armco Steel Corp. · Roy v. Star Chopper 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) Bln an action seeking monetary relief for bodily injury . . . the court . . . shall (1) add to the amount of compensatory damages in the . . . verdict of the jury . . . damages for delay at ten (10) percent . . . which shall become part of the verdict.” Pa.R. Civ.P. 238.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Frenette v. Vickery
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.