Nolan v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis
520 F.2d 1276 · 1975
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 10 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 104 later decisions — most recently April 2006 · most notably Armstrong v. McAlpin (1983), Musson Theatrical, Inc. v. Federal Express Corp. (1996)
45 federal appellate · 10 district · 2 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 United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Bell v. Hood · Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · Hagans v. Lavine
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 104 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[R]etention of jurisdiction for trial of a pendent state law claim on the basis of a federal question claim already disposed of by a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, would be an abuse of discretion absent unusual circumstances ... suggesting some prejudice arising from relegating the case for trial in the state court.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“some prejudice arising from relegating the case for trial in the state court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the federal cause of action upon which Nolan relies for § 1331 jurisdiction is so insubstantial that the complaint was properly dismissed.”
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.