Kaster v. Modification Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
731 F.2d 1014 · 1984
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably Luce v. Edelstein (1986), Diduck v. Kaszycki & Sons Contractors, Inc. (1992)
20 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 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 28 U.S.C. § 1404
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · In re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions · Turner v. Louisiana · Schenberg v. Bond
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That the amendments would not serve any purpose is a valid ground to deny a motion for leave to amend.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Certainly, there is no presumption that a director is controlled. Rather, the issue is an intensely factual one. Consequently, there is no reason why a plaintiff cannot assert the facts from which it is believed an inference of control could be drawn.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Frankel v. Slotkin“ownership of a majority of the voting shares of a corporation allows the majority shareholder to choose the members of the board of directors who in turn will protect the interests of that shareholder to secure their board positions,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Frankel v. Slotkin
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.