Wren v. Sletten Construction Company’s Empirical Analysis
654 F.2d 529 · 1981
Citation profile
52 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently May 2023 · most notably Mediterranean Enterprises, Inc. v. Ssangyong Corp. (1983), Galindo v. Stoody Co. (1986)
52 federal appellate · 4 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 United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · Vaca v. Sipes · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the proper exercise of discretion requires dismissal of the state claim[s].”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnstone v. Just · Banks v. Dexter““federal court proceedings pending determination of an equitable defense is an injunction appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (a)(1) if the proceeding stayed was an action that could have been maintained as an action at law before the merger of law and equity.” Wren v. Sletten Constr. Co., 654 F.2d 529 , 533 n. 2 (9th Cir. 1981).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“arbitrator did not have authority to bind the parties by deciding issues not submitted by the parties”
2 later decisions 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.