Wallace v. Microsoft Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
596 F.3d 703 · 2010
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1448
Relies on Granny Goose Foods, Inc. v. Brotherhood of Teamsters & Auto Truck Drivers, Local No. 70 · West v. Conrail · Lewis v. Rego Co. · John T. Witherow v. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, a Corporation · Delgado v. Shell Oil Co.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“After the removal of an action from state court ... the case will proceed as if it originally had been brought in the federal court[;] [t]hus, it has been settled by numerous cases that the removed case will be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and all other provisions of federal law relating to procedural matters.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time. But if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure, the court must extend the time for service for an appropriate period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Workman v. Bissessar
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.