Platis v. Stockwell’s Empirical Analysis
630 F.2d 1202 · 1980
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently October 2010
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2072
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Hanna v. Plumer · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · United States v. Atkinson · Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'should be exercised sparingly and only in exceptional cases.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the constitutional provision for a federal court system ... carries with it congressional power to make rules governing the practice and pleading in those courts, which in turn includes a power to regulate matters which, though falling within the uncertain area between substance and procedure, are rationally capable of classification as either.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The Supreme Court shah have the power to prescribe, by general rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure of the district courts of the United States in civil actions____ Such rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify any substantive right and shall preserve the right of trial by jury....””
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.