Elustra v. Mineo’s Empirical Analysis
595 F.3d 699 · 2010
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1654
Relies on Hanna v. Plumer · Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States · Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. · Winkelman Ex Rel. Winkelman v. Parma City School District · Patricia MacHadio v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]ederal courts have the inherent authority to adopt their own rules ... federal law [ ] dictate[d] whether [the mother] was entitled to act for one or more of her three daughters in the way that she did.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“less to do with the capacity to sue than it does with the right to act in court, which is normally a matter regulated by the rules of professional conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[o]n the one hand, Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(b) provides that 'capacity to sue' is defined by state law.”
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.