Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles’s Empirical Analysis
568 U.S. 588 · 2013
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1453 (§ 5 of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. Schacht · Hertz Corp. v. Friend · Devlin v. Scardelletti · Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“CAFA provides the federal district courts with 'original jurisdiction' to hear a 'class action' if the class has more than 100 members, the parties are minimally diverse, and the 'matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $5,000,000.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“CAFA's primary objective: ensuring Federal court consideration of interstate cases of national importance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“tie [the plaintiff's] hands, but it does not resolve the amount in controversy question....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.