559 F. Supp. 107 - Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Carlsberg Resources Corp. v. Cambria Savings & Loan Ass'n · Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon v. Lewis S. Rosenstiel · Solomon v. Solomon · Firestone III v. Cleveland Trust Company a · Pettinelli v. Danzig
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the district court has an independent obligation to determine in every instance whether its jurisdiction is proper”
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.