Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. v. Blum’s Empirical Analysis
649 F.2d 342 · 1981
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Simon v. United States (1990), Lucas v. United States (1986)
17 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
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
Relies on County of San Diego v. Rincon Band of Mission Indians · Funding Systems Leasing Corp. v. Pugh · Norman M. Morris Corp. v. Weinstein · Izaak Walton League v. St. Clair · National Heritage Corp. v. Mount Olive Memorial Gardens, Inc.
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In diversity of citizenship actions state law defines the nature of defenses, but the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide the manner and time in which defenses are raised and when waiver occurs.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The failure of a foreign corporation to obtain the certificate of authority to transact business in this state shall render voidable any contract of such foreign corporation arising out of business transacted in this state at the instance of any other party to such contract, but such voidability may be cured by the foreign corporation obtaining a certificate of authority, provided- such certificate of authority is obtained prior to final judgment in any action wherein this subsection is relied upon. The failure of such foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority shall not prevent the corporation from defending any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state; nor shall any party avail himself of the benefit of subsection (b) of this Code section except upon motion prior to judgment.”
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.