Ashley County v. Pfizer, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
552 F.3d 659 · 2009
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 35 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 107 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably 625 F. Supp. 2d 769 - Riley v. Cordis Corp. (2009), Clemons v. Crawford (2009)
26 federal appellate · 35 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Federal Communications Commission v. Home Box Office, Inc. · Sherwood Partners, Inc. v. Lycos, Inc. · Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp. · Westcott v. City of Omaha · 213 Ill. 2d 351 - City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.
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 107 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Judgment on the pleadings is appropriate only when there is no dispute as to any material facts and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law,' the same standard used to address a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure] 12(b)(6).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“accept as true all factual allegations set out in the complaint”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In resolving a motion for judgment on the pleadings under Rule 12(c), a court applies the same standard used to address a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).”). That is, in resolving a motion for judgment on the pleadings under Rule 12(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.