Saval v. BL Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis

710 F.2d 1027 · 1983

Citation profile

100

cited by 100 later decisions

states following

July 2023

most recently cited

20 federal appellate · 18 district · 10 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 100 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Boelens v. Redman Homes Inc & Boelens (1984), O'Gilvie v. International Playtex, Inc. (1987)

20 federal appellate · 18 district · 10 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

Applies 15 U.S.C. § 2301 (Magnuson-Moss Warranty—Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 2310 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)

Relies on Zahn v. International Paper Co. · Town of Mashpee v. Mashpee Tribe · Missouri State Life Insurance v. Jones · General Motors Corporation Engine Interchange Litigation Oswald v. General Motors Corporation · Montellano v. United States

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

“a series of transactions or occurrences.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 105 F. Supp. 2d 507 - Advamtel, LLC v. at & T Corp. · 808 So. 2d 928 - Illinois Central RR Co. v. Travis
“(3) No claim shall be cognizable in a suit brought [in federal district court]— (A) if the amount in controversy of any individual claim is less than the sum or value of $25; (B) if the amount in controversy is less than the sum or value of $50,000 (exclusive of interests and costs) computed on the basis of all claims to be determined in this suit; or (C) if the action is brought as a class action, and the number of named plaintiffs is less than one hundred.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 629 F. Supp. 1030 - Simmons v. Taylor Childre Chevrolet-Pontiac, Inc. · 74 F. Supp. 2d 544 - Schwiesow v. Winston Furniture Co., Inc.
“should be construed in light of its purpose, which `is to promote trial convenience and expedite the final determination of disputes, thereby preventing multiple lawsuits.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Jose Aleman v. Chugach Support Services, Incorporated · 519 F. Supp. 2d 609 - BEAUFORT CNTY. SCH. DIST. v. United Nat. Ins. Co.

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.