Johnson v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
724 F.3d 337 · 2013
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1446
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · Carden v. Arkoma Associates · Navarro Savings Assn. v. Lee
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“real and substantial part[y] to the controversy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'debts, liabilities and duties' now lie with [the surviving entity],”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Thus, a federal court must disregard nominal or formal 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.