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693 F. Supp. 982 - Murphy v. Klein Tools, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

1988

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
February 1992
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 2 district ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 1406 · 28 U.S.C. § 1631

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Foman v. Davis · Van Dusen v. Barrack

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “There is an unnamed party in every lawsuit—the public____ The public’s right to a “just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action” is infringed, if a court allows a case, civil or criminal, to preempt more than its reasonable share of the court’s time.”
    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.