Pacemaker Diagnostic Clinic of America, Inc. v. Instromedix, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
725 F.2d 537 · 1984
Citation profile
118 federal appellate · 9 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 213 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2023 · most notably Roell v. Withrow (2003), 135 S. Ct. 1932 - Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif (2015)
118 federal appellate · 9 district · 5 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 18 U.S.C. § 3401 · 28 U.S.C. § 331 · 28 U.S.C. § 453 · 28 U.S.C. § 631 · 28 U.S.C. § 633 · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Boykin v. Alabama · Barker v. Wingo · Buckley v. Valeo · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.
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 213 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[i]f the essential, constitutional role of the judiciary is to be maintained, there must be both the appearance and the reality of control by article III judges over the interpretation, declaration, and application of federal law.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. United States v. Edward John Johnston, Iii, Also Known as Easy, Also Known as Ez, Also Known as Charles Edward Johnson, III · 10 Collier bankr.cas.2d 1339, Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,923 in Re James A. Burley and Elsie M. Burley, Debtors. B.H. Briney and Lucile Briney, Creditors/appellees v. James A. Burley and Elsie M. Burley, Debtors/appellants“If it were shown that the choice is between trial to a magistrate or the endurance of delay or other measurable hardships not clearly justified by the needs of judicial administration, we would be required to consider whether the right to an Article III forum had been voluntarily relinquished.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.