Knight v. Hellenic Lines, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently March 2016
2 federal appellate · 5 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. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1447
Relies on Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets · American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Finn · Carl Heck Engineers, Inc. v. Lafourche Parish Police Jury · Pliny Cutler v. William a Rae · 101 F. Supp. 680 - Sequoyah Feed & Supply Co. v. Robinson
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Considering the previous history of “separable controversy,” the broad meaning of “cause of action,” and the congressional purpose in the revision resulting in 28 U.S.C. § 1441 (c), we conclude that where there is a single wrong to plaintiff, for which relief is sought, arising from an interlocked series of transactions, there is no separate and independent claim or cause of action under § 1441(c).”
2 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.