527 F. Supp. 386 - Hawkins Ex Rel. Hawkins v. D & J Press Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Harrison v. Schrader · Watts v. Putnam County
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“T.C.A. § 23-3703 [now T.C.A. § 29-28-103] is clearly not a conventional statute of limitation based upon the occurrence of an event giving rise to a cause of action. Instead it establishes an absolute limit of ten years from the date a product was sold for use or consumption after which all product liability actions are barred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“balancing the conflicting interests of the parties,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“an opportunity to redress injuries sustained”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.