CTS Corp. v. Waldburger’s Empirical Analysis
573 U.S. 1 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2025 · most notably Wilson v. Durrani (Slip Opinion) (2020), Nash v. Reincke (1963)
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 40 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78u-6 · 1 U.S.C. § 1 (Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002) · 42 U.S.C. § 2278 · 42 U.S.C. § 9601 (§ 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9651 (§ 301 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9658 (§ 309 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)
Relies on Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · Hines v. Davidowitz · Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'promote justice by preventing surprises through [plaintiffs'] revival of claims that have been allowed to slumber until evidence has been lost, memories have faded, and witnesses have disappeared.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“pauses the running of, or tolls, a statute of limitations when a litigant has pursued his rights diligently but some extraordinary circumstance prevents him from bringing a timely action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“bar[s] any suit that is brought after a specified time since the defendant acted . . . , even if this period ends before the plaintiff has suffered a resulting injury.”
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.