Zaidi v. Ehrlich’s Empirical Analysis
732 F.2d 1218 · 1984
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably Twinam v. Dow Chemical Co. (2008), Caine v. Hardy (1991)
22 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1441
Relies on James H. McLellan v. Mississippi Power & Light Company, International Brotherhood of Electricalworkers, Local 605 Electrical Workers · La Batt v. Twomey · McLellan v. Mississippi Power & Light Co. · Rogers v. Girard Trust Co. · Kirk 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The term “responsive pleading” should be defined by reference to the definition of “pleading” in Rule 7(a), which includes neither a motion to dismiss nor a motion for summary judgment____ Accordingly, neither a motion to dismiss not a motion for summary judgment extinguishes a plaintiffs right to amend a complaint.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When, as in this case, a plaintiff who has a right to amend nevertheless petitions the court for leave to amend, the court should grant the petition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McKinney
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.