Rodas v. Seidlin’s Empirical Analysis
656 F.3d 610 · 2011
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1442 · 28 U.S.C. § 1444 · 28 U.S.C. § 1446 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447
Relies on Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · Salve Regina College v. Russell · Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · Williams v. Florida
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) A civil action or criminal prosecution that is commenced in a State court and that is against or directed to any of the following may be removed by them to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place wherein it is pending: (1) The United States or any agency thereof or any officer (or any person acting under that officer) of the United States or of any agency thereof, in an official or individual capacity, for or relating to any act under color of such office or on account of any right, title or authority claimed under any Act of Congress for the apprehension or punishment of criminals or the collection of the revenue. .... (d) In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) The terms "civil action" and "criminal prosecution" include any proceeding (whether or not ancillary to another proceeding) to the extent that in such proceeding a judicial order, including a subpoena for testimony or documents, is sought or issued. If removal is sought for a proceeding described in the previous sentence, and there is no other basis for removal, only that proceeding may be removed to the district court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When interpreting state law, a federal court's task is to determine how the state's highest court would rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a procedural bar to the exercise of federal judicial power”
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.